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Sharps, Flats, and the Enharmonic Twins
The musical alphabet has seven letters — A through G — and the piano keyboard has twelve distinct pitches per octave.
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The Piano Keyboard: Twelve Keys, Infinite Music
The piano keyboard is Tool Number Two, and it is the most important physical diagram in the study of Western music theory.
Read MoreThe Staff: Music’s Map of Sound
The staff is Tool Number One — the primary surface on which Western music is written and read.
Read MoreTime Signatures: The Blueprint Behind Every Beat
At the beginning of a piece of music — just after the clef, before the first note — sits a fraction that is not quite a fraction.
Read MoreNotes, Rests, and the Language of Duration
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.
Read MoreWhat Is Music? Sound, Silence, and Measured Time
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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