Session Strings Pro Animator Revisited Back in 2011 I did a YouTube video showing the Animator function of Session Strings Pro. It was a quick overview and not terribly detailed. At the request of a few people, I’ve come back to the Animator to take a more detailed look. The video is intended as a […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Time Signatures and Counting Up until now we’ve talked about each measure having 4 beats and the quarter note equaling one beat. Can we have 20 beats in a measure? Can the 8th note equal one beat? Yes, to both questions. But […]
Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Measures and rhythm Rhythm is the relationship of note values to one another and their placement in a measure. A measure is the space between the two bar lines. We are measuring beats. If we say that a 1/4 note is one […]