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Nothing Gold Can Stay - For SATB Choir, Piano, and Cello
Text by Robert Frost
The Art of Music Theory
I’ve started a new instrumental composition series. Each piece in the series is written based on a photo that I took somewhere on this planet.
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Take Five is one of the best selling jazz singles of all time. I've always been fascinated by its use of the 5/4 meter. Today we are looking at how the Dave Brubeck Quartet took this simple idea in a complex meter, and made it into a masterpiece.
Music theory is often confused as being mostly about identification, but really - it's more about interpretation. Music Theory is an art. And it's an artform that is both valuable and practical for all musicians throughout their lifetime.
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This Resource Bundle includes:
- Instrument Transposition + Ranges Chart
- How to Build and Use the Circle of 5ths
- Guide to Keys and Modes
- Theory of Scales Guide
This guide was designed to help musicians rethink the way they approach scales. The major scale is often thought of as the “default scale” - but all of the scales are tools for a musicians toolbox. This three page guide will help introduce you to how scales are built, how to choose which scale to use, and how scales are related to one another.
This guide accompanies the four part video series on YouTube.
A Step-By-Step process that will guide musicians through analyzing music independently. Great for all musicians, music theory students.
A flowchart of the 4-phase composition and songwriting process that I use for myself, and teach my composition students. This PDF has links to 16 additional resources that will help composers in their journey. Great for new composers and songwriters.
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I don't know what it is about coffee shops.
It's even the coffee shop I buy the beans from. The same coffee I drink at home each morning. It seems unlikely (and I have not done the research on this) that the amount of caffeine is higher at the shop than it is in my French Press.
