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Category Archive: How Music Works

How Music Works: Composition & Improvisation

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Let’s learn to think about music-making like a composer, not like a computer…

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2011-06-01 Composition, How Music Works, Improvisation

How Music Works: Transposition

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Learn to transpose music, both melodically and harmonically, like a real musician, not like a computer…

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2011-05-01 How Music Works, Transposition

How Music Works: Chord Progressions

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The study of Chord Progressions is essential to understanding how an enormous amount of music works…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, How Music Works

How Music Works: Chords

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Let’s learn what makes Chords really tick…

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2011-03-01 Chords, How Music Works

How Music Works: Scales

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Learn to conceive of and study-practice Scales like a musician!!!

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2011-02-01 How Music Works, Scales

How Music Works: Time & Rhythm

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Welcome to the grossly under-appreciated subject of musical time and rhythm…

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2011-01-01 How Music Works, Time & Rhythm
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