Melody Of A Song – How Is It Made? Good morning. This is Duane and we’re doing a series called “Good Stuff You Really Ought to Know About Music,” all related to music theory. We’ve talked about the various kinds … Continue reading →
Pentatonic Scales Illustrated on the Piano As I’m sure you know, there’s many kinds of scales. For example, there’s major scales that proceed from the root up to the octave note in a whole-half-whole-half pattern. There are minor scales that … Continue reading →
How The Tune Of a Song Comes From Scales Today, I’d like to illustrate how simple music really is and how the tune of a song comes from scales. Let me play The First Noel. I’ll just play a part … Continue reading →
Why do I need to learn scales and chords and music theory? Well, if you have the talent of a Mozart or Bach or Erroll Garner or Oscar Peterson or Dave Brubeck, you probably don’t. But if you’re like the … Continue reading →
A piano has 88 keys, 36 are black and 52 are white. When depressing the keys, you trigger hammers inside the piano to hit strings, which is what produces the sound. The keyboard has white keys that are tuned to … Continue reading →
The walking bass style imitates a bass player in a combo, except in this case your left hand does the walking.
Continue reading →Scales are the “playing field” on which a piece of music is executed.
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