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Numbers As Intervals In Music
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 9:02 | 20 Comments
Numbers As Intervals In Music

A lot of times, when referring to an interval, people will refer to it as a Number instead of the actual note.
The example is that A B C# D E F# can be written as …

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 …

Counting Sixteenth Note Patterns
Monday, 22 Jun, 2009 – 20:42 | 6 Comments
Counting Sixteenth Note Patterns
Eighth Notes Rests On Top Of A Note
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 6:34 | No Comment
Eighth Notes Rests On Top Of A Note

Hi! I just had a question about Eighth Rests. I am trying to learn how to play The Portrait from the Titanic, and there are a lot of Eighth Rests directly above another note. What …

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!

Class 20: Alto Clef And The Great Staff Explained!
Friday, 10 Apr, 2009 – 10:04 | 17 Comments
Class 20: Alto Clef And The Great Staff Explained!

This video is from my weekly Revision3 Show
The Alto Clef falls in between the Bass and Treble Clef. So if you think of Treble as being High in pitch, and Bass as low in pitch, …

Double Sharps And Double Flats Explained!
Friday, 3 Apr, 2009 – 8:35 | 10 Comments
Double Sharps And Double Flats Explained!

We know what Sharps and Flats are – not let’s decode Double Sharps and Double Flats. Look at the picture below:

The Double Sharp is the “X” symbol next to the quarter note. The “bb” symbol …

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.

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 …

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 …

Finding Notes Within An Octave
Tuesday, 17 Mar, 2009 – 7:52 | 12 Comments
Finding Notes Within An Octave

For more videos on Octaves click here

I Can’t Sightread!
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 – 14:07 | 8 Comments
I Can’t Sightread!

If you were learning a new language (like Spanish, French, etc.) it would take you a few months to be able to speak it. The thing is that reading music is ALSO a language. So …

Slurs And Ties
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 – 13:55 | 5 Comments
Slurs And Ties

More on Slurs and Ties click here!

Writing Crap Music
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2009 – 16:12 | 6 Comments
Writing Crap Music

One of my students claimed that she constantly wrote ‘Crap’ music. The trick is to never give up. Also, that music isn’t ‘crap’ – if it came from your heart than nothing could be further …

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