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Tag: music notation
“Woven” Medieval Welsh and Celtic Chord Patterns Look a Lot Like Binary Code!
These historic patterns made up the basis for medieval lyrical songform. How do these strange numeric codes work to convey harmonic information?
What Is the Nashville Number System?
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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…
Write It Tight: Tips for Writing More Successful Notation
Standard music notation isn’t quite as standard as it once was. For many types of music,…
How to Improve at Writing Music by Hand
With the advent of the computer, most professional scores are written with notation software like…
10 Tips for Making Your Sheet Music More Readable
Everyone has lived through a terrible performance of a piece of music. Some songs are…
What Is a Music Engraver? (And What Does It Take to Become One?)
Whether you’re a composer or musician dabbling in writing arrangements, creating legible sheet music is an…