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Numbers as Intervals in Music
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 9:02 | 7 Comments
Numbers as Intervals in Music

A lot of times, when referring to an interval, people will refer to it as a Number instead of the actual note.
The example is that A B C# D E F# can be written as …

Sibelius 6 Unboxing
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 11:23 | One Comment
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 …

Counting Sixteenth Note Patterns
Monday, 22 Jun, 2009 – 20:42 | No Comment
Counting Sixteenth Note Patterns

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Eighth Notes Rests on top of a note
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 6:34 | No Comment
Eighth Notes Rests on top of a note

Hi! I just had a question about Eighth Rests. I am trying to learn how to play The Portrait from the Titanic, and there are a lot of Eighth Rests directly above another note. What …

More Triplets (2 of 2)
Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2009 – 7:17 | 10 Comments
More Triplets (2 of 2)

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Class 20: Alto Clef and The Great Staff Explained!
Friday, 10 Apr, 2009 – 10:04 | No Comment
Class 20: Alto Clef and The Great Staff Explained!

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The Alto Clef falls in between the Bass and Treble Clef. …

Double Sharps and Double Flats Explained!
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 8:35 | No Comment
Double Sharps and Double Flats Explained!

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We know what Sharps and Flats are – not let’s decode Double Sharps and Double Flats. Look at the picture below:

The Double Sharp is the …

Class 19: Weird Symbols in Music Explained!
Thursday, 2 Apr, 2009 – 7:00 | No Comment
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 | 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 …

More Triplets (1 of 2)
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 14:24 | No Comment
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 …

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

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I can’t sightread!
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 – 14:07 | One Comment
I can’t sightread!

If you were learning a new language (like Spanish, French, etc.) it would take you a few months to be able to speak it. The thing is that reading music is ALSO a language. So …

Slurs and Ties
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 – 13:55 | 2 Comments
Slurs and Ties

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Writing Crap Music
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2009 – 16:12 | One Comment
Writing Crap Music

One of my students claimed that she constantly wrote ‘Crap’ music. The trick is to never give up. Also, that music isn’t ‘crap’ – if it came from your heart than nothing could be further …