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Category Archives: music
Tempo Signposts In Music & The Metronome
Music would be a real yawner if we could only use one speed. What if all music were written for some boring medium speed that never changed? Are you glad that hundreds of years ago music theorists developed tempo and … Continue reading →
Some free articles about music and piano playing
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Continue reading →You’re a Jazz Fan – You Just May Not Know It!
Jazz music faces a big problem in the United States and that is a, dare we say it, closed mindedness on the part of many music lovers. The orchestral musicians and lovers don’t like it because it’s not as structured … Continue reading →
Getting the Visual Right in Music
Music is something that we experience with our ears, right? Yes, but if you only listen to music, you’re missing out on another dimension of performance that makes the musical experience truly special and unique. It’s the reason that some … Continue reading →
Piano Players: Give Your Songs a Lift By Modulating Up To a Higher Key
Often you can give your songs a “lift” by modulating up a half-step from the key you are in.
Continue reading →Can you imagine a world without music?
What in the world would you and I do if there was no such thing as music? Can you imagine a world without music? No songs, no tunes, no rock, no roll, no jazz, no hymns, no boogie-woogie, no country-western, … Continue reading →
What Is Music & How Did Music Begin?
If you think of music as communication, perhaps it started with all creatures, including humans, developing a way to communicate and to ensure their survival. To this day, we hear birds communicating with distinct melodies and tones and consider it music. Even today we refer to music as the “universal language.”
Continue reading →Musical road signs: dynamics, tempo, fermatas, repeats, etc.
In order for a piece to be played accurately and with expression and dynamics, written music includes a number of signs and symbols to guide the musician. Some of these include words that tell the musician how loudly or softly to play a note or passage.
Continue reading →What Is An Octave? Understanding Pitch, Vibrations & Octaves (Watch video)
The word “octave” is related to “octopus”, “octagon”, etc — in other words, eight. In music, an octave is 8 diatonic scale notes higher or lower than the note of the same name.
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