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Tension Chords
Friday, 22 May, 2009 – 15:35 | No Comment
Tension Chords

Using tension in your chords is very effective. Music (and life) is all a series of tension and release. So to play a chord that is outside of a key signature, it creates tension, which …

Inversions Explained!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 15:47 | No Comment
Inversions Explained!

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Inversions in music are the idea of ‘flipping’ two notes around. So in stead of the intervals from C to G (which is 5 notes away – C D E …

Finding Notes within an Octave
Tuesday, 17 Mar, 2009 – 7:52 | 2 Comments
Finding Notes within an Octave

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Understanding 8va and 8vb in Music
Monday, 9 Mar, 2009 – 11:30 | 3 Comments
Understanding 8va and 8vb in Music

What are Octaves?
This video will help!. Essentially, Octaves are the idea of a same note being 12 semitones higher.
What’s a semi-tone?
A semi-tone is a half step. So a half step from A is A#, and …

Unisons Explained Part 2!
Monday, 14 Jul, 2008 – 7:19 | No Comment
Unisons Explained Part 2!

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Unisons Explained!
Thursday, 10 Jul, 2008 – 13:15 | No Comment
Unisons Explained!

What are Unisons?
Unisons are the same EXACT note played at two different positions on an instrument. A piano does NOT have unisons, but a guitar does! Usually, stringed instruments like Banjo, Violin, Guitar, etc have …