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Sibelius 6 Unboxing
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 11:23 | View Comments
Sibelius 6 Unboxing

Sibelius 6 has a lot of cool updates. Unboxings are when you open up a product for the first time and video tape it for others to see.
Here we have a number of Sibelius …

Flavor Chords
Friday, 22 May, 2009 – 15:30 | View Comments
Flavor Chords

Using basic chords might be all that is called for – but what if you wanted to add color? What about piano? Well, look no further! Here is a quick overview (pun intended) of the …

How to Practice
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 9:12 | View Comments
How to Practice

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1.) Take breaks
2.) Finish what you start
3.) 20 minutes a day is better than practicing for 2 hours one day a week
4.) Be …

More Triplets (2 of 2)
Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2009 – 7:17 | View Comments
More Triplets (2 of 2)

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Modulation Explained!
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 8:09 | View Comments
Modulation Explained!

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Modulation is the idea of changing keys in a song. Learn more here!

Class 19: Weird Symbols in Music Explained!
Thursday, 2 Apr, 2009 – 7:00 | View Comments
Class 19: Weird Symbols in Music Explained!

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All those weird symbols in Music Explained!
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Inversions Explained!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 15:47 | View Comments
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 …

Note Tonalities in Keys!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 13:23 | View Comments
Note Tonalities in Keys!

In a C Major Scale you have the notes C D E F G A B C.
In this video I explain the use of notes in reference to the Key Signature they are in. So …

More Triplets (1 of 2)
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 14:24 | View Comments
More Triplets (1 of 2)

Triplets are the concept of fitting “3 notes in the space of two”. So in a measure of 4/4, we all know that quarter notes get the beat. As a result, there wouldbe 2 eighth …

Why some Keys have sharp and others have Flats
Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2009 – 15:29 | View Comments
Why some Keys have sharp and others have Flats

Let’s look at the graph below:

Key Signatures can get tricky. Asking this question is like saying in math “why not have just a plus sign (+) instead of both a plus (+) and minus sign …

Both Hands Piano
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 17:22 | View Comments
Both Hands Piano

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A lot of my students have trouble playing piano with both of their hands.
The trick is to slow down the music to the …

Basic Intervals (Part 2)
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 16:06 | View Comments
Basic Intervals (Part 2)

Basic Intervals in music allow you to understabd chord strcutires and nthe realtive distance between notes. Why is this important? Because its everything that music revolves around – notes!
Let’s base this off of the ‘C’ …

Basic Intervals (Part 1)
Wednesday, 18 Mar, 2009 – 14:59 | View Comments
Basic Intervals (Part 1)

Watch this in order to understand the basic principles of Intervals. An interval is the difference between 2 notes. As a result, when you play a chord, you’re actually playing a series of intervals that …

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

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