Posts Tagged with "rhythm"
The Weekend Challenge
I’ve been trying to come up with a simple yet hard exercise to challenge myself. I didn’t want some overly-complex arpeggio or crazy gymnastic lick, but rather something that would normally seem so archaically easy that I could just pick up the guitar for a few minutes and work on it. The idea was to [...]
Continue reading...Improve Your Ear With EarMaster
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
EarMaster, the interactive ear training and music theory software program, is the most comprehensive learning tool I have seen in a very long time. The developers say: Covering pitch and rhythm training, music theory and solfege, EarMaster is a complete and powerful ear trainer for all musicians at any level. The question is, does it [...]
Continue reading...Music Theory Lesson: Key Signatures
Thursday, January 14, 2010
It is important for musicians to learn the basic building block of Western music, which is the actual series of notes/pitches that are used. In a nutshell, there are 12 notes/pitches used in Western Music. (For the sake of keeping things elementary we will not be discussing quarter-tonal and microtonal pitches here.) The 12 notes [...]
Continue reading...Music Theory Lesson: The Music Staff
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Every musician, regardless of their playing ability or musical goals, can greatly benefit from being able to read music and understand the principles of music theory. From simple concepts such as being able to read a transcribed solo and identifying the notes of a 7th chord, to learning a song by ear and being able [...]
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