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Sibelius 6 Unboxing
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 11:23 | One Comment
Sibelius 6 Unboxing

Sibelius 6 has a lot of cool updates. Unboxings are when you open up a product for the first time and video tape it for others to see.
Here we have a number of Sibelius Music …

Week #21: Crab Drill
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 8:46 | No Comment
Week #21: Crab Drill

The Crab Drill is the idea of making your hands walk up and down the guitar similar to how a crab would do it. This purpose is to fool your brain into doing patterns that …

More Triplets (2 Of 2)
Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2009 – 7:17 | 20 Comments
More Triplets (2 Of 2)

To learn more about triplets in music Click Here!

Augmented And Diminished Chords!
Tuesday, 7 Apr, 2009 – 15:04 | No Comment
Augmented And Diminished Chords!

Augmented and Diminished Chords allow you to create tension in your music. Rather than simply using Major and Minor triads, you can flatten the third, or fifth intervals, and create ‘movement ‘ in your chords. …

Modulation Explained!
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 8:09 | 12 Comments
Modulation Explained!

Modulation is the idea of changing keys in a song. Learn more here!

Class 19: Weird Symbols In Music Explained!
Thursday, 2 Apr, 2009 – 7:00 | 4 Comments
Class 19: Weird Symbols In Music Explained!

All those weird symbols in Music Explained!
This is from my Revision 3 Beta Show which is along side the Revision 3 Networks channels.

Change Of Heart
Wednesday, 1 Apr, 2009 – 7:35 | 2 Comments
Change Of Heart

No more Guitar. I found my true passion: The paper.
Ever since I first played the paper I instantly felt connected. Its like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. This is where I belong.
I remember …

Inversions Explained!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 15:47 | 2 Comments
Inversions Explained!

Inversions in music are the idea of ‘flipping’ two notes around. So in stead of the intervals from C to G (which is 5 notes away – C D E F G) you simply invert …

Note Tonalities In Keys!
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 13:23 | No Comment
Note Tonalities In Keys!

In a C Major Scale you have the notes C D E F G A B C.
In this video I explain the use of notes in reference to the Key Signature they are in. So …

More Triplets (1 Of 2)
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 14:24 | One Comment
More Triplets (1 Of 2)

Triplets are the concept of fitting “3 notes in the space of two”. So in a measure of 4/4, we all know that quarter notes get the beat. As a result, there would be 2 …

Why Some Keys Have Sharps And Others Have Flats
Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2009 – 15:29 | 16 Comments
Why Some Keys Have Sharps And Others Have Flats

Let’s look at the graph below:

Key Signatures can get tricky. Asking this question is like saying in math “why not have just a plus sign (+) instead of both a plus (+) and minus sign …

Both Hands Piano
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 17:22 | 6 Comments
Both Hands Piano

A lot of my students have trouble playing piano with both of their hands.
The trick is to slow down the music to the point that your hands are playing together – even if its EXTREMELY …

Basic Intervals (Part 2)
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 16:06 | No Comment
Basic Intervals (Part 2)

Basic Intervals in music allow you to understabd chord strcutires and nthe realtive distance between notes. Why is this important? Because its everything that music revolves around – notes!
Let’s base this off of the ‘C’ …

Basic Intervals (Part 1)
Wednesday, 18 Mar, 2009 – 14:59 | One Comment
Basic Intervals (Part 1)

Watch this in order to understand the basic principles of Intervals. An interval is the difference between 2 notes. As a result, when you play a chord, you’re actually playing a series of intervals that …

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