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Arranging Music Theory Piano Lessons

Introduction to Music, Part 10 (Scales)

Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Scales and Modes Rather than a long blog article about scales, I’ll point you to a video I did on YouTube about scales and modes. I’ve added a few things below the video, so come back here when you’re done with the […]

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General Music Theory Piano Lessons

Introduction to Music, Part 9 (Intervals & Chords)

Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Chords and Intervals Intervals An interval is the distance between two notes. We describe intervals in numerical terms, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. From the note C to the note D is a 2nd. Although D is only one note away from C, […]

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Arranging Music Theory Piano Lessons

Introduction to Music, Part 8 (Symbols concluded)

Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicians, or improve their musicianship Music symbols, part 2 As we look into more symbols a reminder of how we will talk about symbols in this series. I divide symbols into a few categories: 1) Articulations; 2) Accidentals; 3) Dynamics; 4) Tempo or rhythm; 5) Ornamentations and […]

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Arranging General Music Theory Piano Lessons

Introduction to Music, Part 7 (Symbols)

Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Music symbols, part 1 First of all, notice the time signature is “C”. That is known as Common Time which is the same as 4/4 time. Let’s take a break from rhythm and counting and look at various symbols that can affect […]

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Native Instruments Driver Plugin

Driver Plugin Native Instruments came out with a free (through 12/31/2012) plugin called Driver. I did a first-look video of it on YouTube [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2VZsK6btM] Hope you enjoy it. Please check out my website for free sheet music and links to all 6 of my currently available albums.