Articles Archive for June 2008
Explaining Time Signatures
Time Signatures are tricky, because people get them confused with key signatures but in reality, the two aren’t related – they’re simply next to each other in the sheet music. To understand time …
Flags are notes tell how how long we hold out the rhythm for. To learn more about flags, check out this video on Half Notes
If you’ve ever had buzzing on your strings, then watch this video. There are numerous problems that you could be creating if this happens.
1.) Your not pressing down on the strings hard enough
2.) The Fretboard …
Middle C explained. There are two parts to a Grand Staff – the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef. In between both of those clefs lies your ‘Middle C’ note.
This chart below will show you …
A simple 10 minute tutorial that breaks down the notes and their duration to a few simple steps. Everything from thre flags, to the notes, to the key signatures – learn the inside of how …
Arpeggios! Instead of playing a chord all at once, you can ‘break up the chord’ by simply playing one note at a time. It still has the context of playing the chord, but allows you …
The rules for the contest are below! But first – Remember the old days of writing music on pen and paper? Well, Sibelius 5 is that SAME EXACT thing – but digital.
All of you students …
There are things live video can do that other channels just can’t hold up to. So when I heard about a website called Ustream.TV I immediately took notice. on there I teach Music Lessons via …
Ahh, yes – Ustream.TV. I have my own Ustream Show where I teach Music Lessons. I love this website – its seriously one of my favorites. I go there even when I’m not streaming. Interactive? …
Just hit my 1,000th Youtube Subscriber!
Just wanna thank everyone for all the kind comments emails, and all the support. I’m so glad everyone understands music now. Keep on trucking, and I’ll keep on teaching!
What does it mean when someone writes down ‘Slash Chords’ in a piece of music? What do all these symbol dictate to a performer, and how should one read them?
Well, watch below in order to …
