Continuation of the free music lesson we started the other day to help you learn to read music form fast and easy…
Melodies and complementing phrases mark larger sections of a composition. Composers build pieces from these sections by repeating them, varying them, or contrasting them with new material. Some patterns of repetition and contrast are [...]
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Musical form refers to the organization and shape of a composition’s elements, giving it a sense of structure and coherence. Both popular and classical composers employ several standard forms, but their basic principle is the same: repetition and contrast.
The smallest musical unit that a composer works with is the the motif, [...]
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For those of you learning to read music, here’s the final lesson on how to learn a new piece of sheet music.
By this time you may have some ideas for phrasing, dynamics, and articulations. Its time to start writing these ideas into your score. You may still be polishing some technical problems, but that’s fine [...]
I just read a very interesting article talking about music education in public schools and how people learn to read music…. It was a radio interview and a caller asked a question, basically, “Why do we still teach people how to read music the old slow way that hasn’t changed in at least 200 years??”
The [...]
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Here’s a continuation from the “Learn to Read Music” lesson series about learning new sheet music pieces that you want to play and read with ease. If you missed the last lesson start there, then….
The next step is to set and understand your goals in learning your new piece of sheet music. There are several [...]