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Composition & Improvisation: Case Study: Part 11 of 24: Change the Meter

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Let’s change the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4 and notice the nice lilt that three-ness gives to the piece…

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2011-06-29 Composition & Improvisation, Music Theory

Composition & Improvisation: Case Study: Part 2 of 24: Reading the Lead Sheet

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There’s a lot more to understanding and interpreting a Lead Sheet than just decoding the dots…

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2011-06-29 Composition & Improvisation, Music Theory

Time & Rhythm: A Two-Fisted Study in 6/8 Time

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6/8 Time is so much more than six identical and equivalent pulses strung together…

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2011-01-12 Time & Rhythm

Time & Rhythm: A Two-Fisted Study in 4/4 Time

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4/4 Time is so much more than four identical and equivalent pulses strung together…

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2011-01-11 Time & Rhythm

Time & Rhythm: A Two-Fisted Study in 2/4 Time

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2/4 Time is so much more than two identical and equivalent pulses strung together…

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2011-01-09 Time & Rhythm

Time & Rhythm: Time Signatures

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The Time Signature, written immediately after the key signature, is a pattern of numbers that looks like a fraction that tells you two things…

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2011-01-05 Time & Rhythm

Time & Rhythm: Pulse & Meter

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The concept and experience of a steady, repeating Pulse… akin to your heartbeat, might be considered the most basic dimension of musical time…

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2011-01-03 Time & Rhythm

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 Music Theory, Time & Rhythm
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