Six Musical Forms and the Works that Go with them What did you do when you woke up this morning? Did you haphazardly stumble through your morning without any thought to what might be coming next or did you plan … Continue reading →
Andre Previn is a German-born pianist, conductor, and composer. From arranging and composing Hollywood film scores to his multiple marriages which sparked many musical inspirations, Andre Previn’s life was never dull. I can still remember the excitment of hearing him … Continue reading →
Most people don’t realize that they could learn how to be a “prophet” — see into the future — and tell all these things about almost any song:
What’s the most likely chord for the song to start on:
What’s the most likely chord for the song to end on:
What the three most likely chords in any song are:
Continue reading →Great spiritual songs that inspire are a part of America’s folklore. Long a part of our nation’s canon of song, we hardly give thought to how they came into existence. Each one does have a story though, which sheds light on the place and time they were born.
Continue reading →Building a piano arrangement of a song is very much like building a house. You have to have a foundation (music theory), the materials of the song (the melody, chords & rhythm), and you have to have a toolbox of techniques with which to “build the musical house”.
Continue reading →A staple of both spiritual and secular singers alike, Amazing Grace is one of the world’s most popular songs. John Newton, its writer, lived a life full of sin and redemption, which inspired the song’s lyrics. According to Newton’s biography, the words of Amazing Grace show the song was very personal in nature.
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