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92A Complete Guide To Compose a Melody
When people think of music, and memorable songs they have heard in the past, generally they think of the melody. This illustrates the importance of the melody and also brings up three questions. What is the purpose of music? Why is the melody the...
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86Start Your Child in Piano Lessons
One of the best extracurricular activities for your child is music. Start your child in piano lessons to help them develop IQ, math, small motor skills and more.
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83I Want to Write Music - How Do I Start?
So you want to write music, but have no idea where to begin? Here is a quick guide for assessing various approaches and choosing the one that should work best for you.
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82Odd Time Signatures Made Easy!
A piece of music cannot be appreciated without the passage of time. In fact, music as a sonic entity does not exist in any spatial dimension (the physical aspects that go into the creation of music have dimensions; i.e. instruments, vibrating air,...
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82Musical Scales Chart
A major scale chart is shown and described. The chart is easy to use and remember. Describes the pattern of major scales and shows how to play a major scale on a piano. Explains some basic musical notations.
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80Music theory - transposing chart
Music theory lesson, transposing or changing key, major scales in all keys.
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84Teach Yourself to Play Piano: How to Improve Sight-Reading Music
This article assumes you already know how to read music. It is geared toward pianists, but the principles outlined should apply to all musicians. If you want to learn the basics of how to read music, visit the links section of this article (or click...
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81Understand Chords: Beyond Seventh Chords To Chord Extensions--Ninths, Elevenths And Thirteenths (Part Four of a Series)
Extended chords-ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths-are undoubtedly hipper than the average triad. But what are they, how do you use them, and, most of all, what do they actually *sound* like? The text and video of this guide to extended chord basics answers those questions and more--so read/hear this Hub, and get the jazz police off your case!
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80Part-writing Chords: Tonic And Dominant I
How to write the most common Classical chord progression, with audio/video examples and easy-to-understand explanations. The concepts of a "lead sheet," of chordal "voices," of "spacing" and "doubling," of the "leading tone" and of "relative motion" are all explained. It's a simple--but not simplistic--introduction to "part-writing" in Classical style.
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80Music Theory 101 For The Fast Learner: Part 1
I was pondering what to write about the other day and randomly got the idea to start posting on Music Theory. For a lot of musicians, knowledge of theory doesn't extend too much beyond being able to name the letters of the musical alphabet. For some...
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