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Repeats, Roadmaps, and the Art of Musical Navigation
Music is repetition, variation, and contrast — in some combination, in virtually every piece ever written.
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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.
Read MoreClefs, the Grand Staff, and the Art of Reading Pitch
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.
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.
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