What a music theory book at age 13 taught me about how to look at chords, chord progressions and the emotions they’re capable of manifesting.
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Articles related to the course “How to Read Music,” and other various how-to’s on reading music/making music more readable.
How to Compose Music When You Can’t Read It
Scared of the staff? Nod off at the sight of notation? Have no fear, here are some tips for composing music even if you can’t read it (yet)!
How Secondary Dominants Can Make Your Chord Progressions Less Boring
It’s not hard to break out of predictable chord patterns with a new mindset on harmony, and a bit of easy help from secondary dominants, too.
How to Make Chords From Scales
Learning to read or write music? Here’s a quick guide to making chords within the various scales and modes you might encounter in music theory.
How Do Key Signatures Work?
Learning to read or write music? Here’s a quick-yet-deep primer on how key signatures work across major, minor, modal, blues and other tonalities.
Math and Music: Making Complex Meters Simple
Most of musical notation can be interpreted in simple mathematic structures, here’s how you can learn complex time signatures in a super easy way!
Looking to Puzzles to Learn How to Piece Together Music
If you’re learning a piece of music like you’re doing a puzzle with the pieces upside down, you’re not allowing yourself to see all the incredible patterns.
How to Read Music: Counting and Clapping
The above video appears in Soundfly’s free course, How to Read Music, which is a starter…
How to Read Music: What are Dots and Ties?
The above video appears in Soundfly’s free course, How to Read Music, which is a starter…
How to Memorize Any Piece of Music
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