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iPad music apps This is a followup to my previous blog about sheet music apps for the iPad. My favorite and the app I use the most for viewing sheet music is still forScore. If you don’t like it, another good one is unrealBook. In addition to creating music, I also teach lessons, mostly piano, […]
April 15, 2013
Komplete Ultimate 9 Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate For those that might be new to the world of creating music all on your computer or new to the world of synthesis and sampling, I thought a brief mention of what I use would be in order. There are many very good comparable products available from many […]
January 29, 2013
Musical myths Have you heard the story that says that black slaves in early America were only allowed to play the 5 black notes found on a piano? Have you heard that most spirituals only use five notes in their melodies? Have you heard that because blacks could only play black keys that’s why spirituals […]
January 27, 2013
A request The background For better or for worse, one of the better gigs as a musician I’ve had over the years is playing the organ or piano for churches. I currently play for a small (less than 50) congregation that is extremely generous to the music program and really likes music and singing music. […]
January 22, 2013
Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Conclusion I hope this Introduction to Music series has been helpful. While it is obviously not a comprehensive look at all there is to music notation and music theory, if you know this stuff, you have a great amount of tools to […]
January 15, 2013
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 […]
January 7, 2013
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, […]
December 20, 2012
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 […]
December 18, 2012
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 […]
May 3, 2013
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