What is Musical Form? Songs are organized in various ways, and those ways are called musical form. Good morning. This is Duane and we’re doing a series of videos called “How to Color on the Piano Without Crayons,” creative ways … Continue reading →
Picardy 3rd – You’ve Heard It In “Greensleeves” & Other Songs Good morning! This is Duane, and today we’re going to begin a new series called “Good Stuff You Really Ought to Know About Music”, and it’ll just be a … Continue reading →
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town & He’s Bringing Some Easy Music Theory With Him… Here is the transcript of the video so you can follow along: Good morning. This is Duane and Merry Christmas to you. Did you know … Continue reading →
Rudy The 12-Bar Reindeer – Musical Form Makes It Easy! Good morning and Merry Christmas. This is Duane and today I’d like to take a look at the role of form in music with Rudy The 12-Bar Reindeer – Musical … Continue reading →
Traditional Circus Music Circuses, such as they are today, feature music, but not like in the “good old days.” Circus music today is electronic, pre-programmed, and often recorded. Back in the heyday of circus trains, animal acts, and big top … Continue reading →
The Big Bang Theory and Music Compositional Devices Have you seen the TV show, The Big Bang Theory? If not, you’re missing one of the most popular shows on TV right now. It’s about four extremely smart and socially awkward … Continue reading →
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 →
Symmetry in Music – Musical Form Have you ever seen a movie and came away feeling like something wasn’t right? Instantly, a movie may have popped in to your mind where you remember thinking that you invested a lot of … Continue reading →
Before we talk about musical form, we have to talk about symmetry. If we were to describe symmetry in one word, we would probably pick balance. Our bodies, for example, have symmetry. We have two eyes, both of which are … Continue reading →
Music has a beginning, middle and end. Today, we’re going to focus on the end and it’s the end that average listeners react most to. In music, the end of a piece, a movement, or even a phrase is called a cadence. The cadence not only ends a section of music but it also tells the listener where it is going next.
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