Woke up this mornin’ with the pillow on my head twisted up sheets, had me trapped in the bed Just kept thinkin’ ’bout that music theory blog poundin’ in my brain – lost in a fog Kept repeatin’ that pattern, again and again would it ever stop? I didn’t know when!
Archive for January, 2010
Diatonic Major Scales In All 12 Keys
You just need to understand two things to write out all twelve diatonic major scales: 1) The space pattern between notes (structure) and 2) How sharps (#) and flats (b) control those spaces.
Just For Doug – but good for everyone
Though this post applies specifically to Doug, I thought it could be instructive for everyone to see, so decided to make it an open post. Incidentally, Doug Ross is one of the finest musicians I know – his primary instruments being drums and Dulcimer – for which he is an expert on both. Feel free […]
Keys are the Key!
If music theory seems like chunks and pieces of stuff that don’t relate, you are in the right place. Fortunately, music theory is extremely logical and organized. Once you get the basics, it just gets more and more fun as you build into more advanced concepts. We briefly touched on diatonic major scales in our […]
The Basic Components of Music
The most basic, raw component of music is the Note. Notes move vertically and horizontally in space. Vertically, notes move up and down in various intervals of Pitch. Horizontally notes move forward in various intervals of time (Rhythm).
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