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Cut Time And Common Time Explained!
OK, so you know what 4/4 and 3/4 is in music – now let’s mix things up a bit with introducing 2/2 The TOP of the time signature tells you how many beats per measure (bpm), whereas the BOTTOM tells … Continue reading
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Tagged 2/2, 4/4, Beats, Common Time, Cut Time, Half Time, Measure, Rhythm, Time Signatures
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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 don’t expect to understand it … Continue reading
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Tagged EGBDF, How To Read Music, Quarter Notes, Sightreading, Staffs, Time Signatures
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Slurs And Ties
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Tagged duration, EGBDF, How To Read Music, Quarter Notes, Sheet Music, Sightreading, Slurs, Staffs, Ties, Time Signatures
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BPM (Beats Per Minute) Explained (1 Of 3)!
Beats Per Minute, or BPM, refers to tempo. Tempo is how fast (or slow) something is played. Quincy Jones always said that tempo is what makes the song. And its true! If you were to take a slow song and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beats Per Minute, BPM, Guitar, Instruction, Piano, Revision 3 Beta, Staff Paper, Tempo, Time Signatures, Tutorials, Walt Ribeiro, Your Weekly Music Lesson
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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 from crap. Your emotion, passion, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Chords, Guitar, Lyric, Melody, Piano, Sightreading, Songwriting, Time Signatures, Tips
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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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Connecting Notes From Guitar To Piano!
Learning how to read music is great because it allows you to learn a universal language. Learning the techniques of each instrument is a separate undertaking. So what do you do when you learn how to sightread on piano, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Guitar, How To Read Music, Key, Piano, Sightreading, Theory, Time Signatures, Tutorials
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Explaining Time Signatures
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 signatures you have to … Continue reading
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Tagged 4/4, Beats, Lessons, Measure, Music, Sightreading, Time Signatures
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