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Music Theory

The Piano Keyboard: Twelve Keys, Infinite Music

By Richard Kahn | June 16, 2026
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The piano keyboard is Tool Number Two, and it is the most important physical diagram in the study of Western music theory.

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Clefs, the Grand Staff, and the Art of Reading Pitch

By Richard Kahn | June 12, 2026
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A clef is a symbol that defines one specific line of the staff by letter name, and from that single anchor, all other pitches follow.

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The Staff: Music’s Map of Sound

By Richard Kahn | June 9, 2026
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The staff is Tool Number One — the primary surface on which Western music is written and read.

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Notes, Rests, and the Language of Duration

By Richard Kahn | June 2, 2026
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Every sound has a beginning and a length. Those two facts — when a sound starts and how long it lasts — are the raw material of rhythm.

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What Is Music? Sound, Silence, and Measured Time

By Richard Kahn | May 29, 2026
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Here is the most stripped-down definition of music you will ever encounter, and also the most durable: music is sound and silence in time.

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