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Monthly Archives: October 2008
How Microphones Work
This lesson is from my Revision3 Show titled ‘Your Weekly Music Lesson with Walt‘. This week we learned ‘how Microphones Work’. So check out the Video below! Microphones are an example of a transducer. A transducer converts energy from one … Continue reading
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Tagged Diaphrams, How Microphones Work, Microphones, Mics, Millivolts, Recording, Revision 3, Transducer, Walt Ribeiro, WaltRibeiro
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Why Creative Commons Rocks!
Creative Commons is the new Copyright. I refer to it as Copyright 2.0 Why is this important, well, because my music is licensed Creative Commons which allows people to use my music, mash it up, and do what they want … Continue reading
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Tagged Copyright, Creative Commons, Open Source, Podcast, Public Domain, Remix, Twitter, Walt Ribeiro, WaltRibeiro, Youtube
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How Annoying Am I To Follow On Twitter? My Follow Cost
So yesterday iJustine added me on her Linked In profile. I hadn’t commented on her blog in a while and figured I’d say hello. On her latest post she mentioned about Follow Cost which basically judges how annoying your twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogworld, Chris Brogan, Follow Cost, iJustine, Justine Ezarik, Linked In, Seesmic, Twitter, Walt Ribeiro, Web 2.0
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Music Modes Explained
OK, so yesterday I wrote a post about the Modes in music. Think of the modes as being a simple loaf of bread. Now… cut that loaf into 7 separate slices, and imagine every slice being a mode. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged Aoelian, Dorian, Guitar, Ionian, Locrian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Music Modes, Phrygian, Piano, Scales, Theory
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Improvising On Scales And Modes
OK well there are two questions here that I get asked alot: 1.) How can I improvise on scales/modes? The best way to simply improvise is to get a Drum Machine, or something that keeps a beat, like a metronome. … Continue reading
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Tagged Composition, Guitar, Improvising, Lead, Modes, Scales, Shred, Solos
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Your Weekly Music Lesson 5 ‘Time Signatures’ On Revision3 Beta
Your Weekly Music Lesson with Walt! Class #5: ‘Time Signatures’. This was recorded at Podcamp Pittsburgh in front of a live audience. The response was awesome, and I hope to do more videos like this! Last week in week 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Guitar, Music, PCPGH, PCPGH3, Piano, Podcamp, Podcamp Pittsburgh, Revision 3, Tempo, Time Signature, Time Signatures, Twitter, Walt Ribeiro, WaltRibeiro
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Top 10 Best Guitar Tab Sites
OK so for all you Guitar players, here’s the best Tablature sites out there. TABS are simply a way to read the guitar by numbers rather than by reading Music. Wanna learn that new Pearl Jam, Jonathan Coulton, Brad Sucks, … Continue reading
Podcamp Pittsburgh 3 Thoughts And Experiences
I’ve said it before: “New Media is magical – not because of the technology, but because of the people.” PCPGH3 was no exception. It was a blast, met amazing people, learned cool things, and got to become part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Brogan, Experiences, PCPGH, PCPGH3, Pittsburgh, Podcamp, Podcamp Pittsburgh, Social New Media, Thoughts, Three Rivers Stadium
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Note Duration Per Measure
This video about Note Duration’s Per Measure explains how many beats you can achieve within a measure in music. If a Time Signature in music is in 4/4, it doesn’t necessarily mean you receive 4 quarter notes in that measure. … Continue reading
Triplets
The definition for a Triplet in music is simply “Three notes in the space of two”. So if you have Eighth note triplets in music, then its “3 Eighth notes in the space of 2 Eighth notes”. Since 2 eighth … Continue reading
Your Weekly Music Lesson #4 ‘Tempo’ On Revision3 Beta
Week 4! This is all about ‘Tempos‘ in music. The tempo is designated by Beats Per Minute (BPM). We learned Chords a few weeks ago, as well as the notes on guitar, and now we’re tackling Tempo. In music you … Continue reading
Where To Find Free Educational Music Software
I tries my best to compile an decent list. So below are a bunch of freeware games/lessons/tutorials, that you should look up. I understand music can be difficult, and I always refer my students to check out software that costs … Continue reading
Triplets In Music Explained!
This video is based off my Youtube Music Channel. Swing and Straight Eights and Triplets are important to learn. There are tons of examples of them in all the music you listen to everyday – but you never even realize … Continue reading
