How to Transcribe Music in 15 Easy Steps
Looking to improve on music transcription but don’t know where to start? Here’s a quick starter guide with 15 easy steps, and it’s fun too!
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Bach’s Worldview Was Way Different from Ours – On “Musical Theology”
In Bach’s pre-Enlightenment time, understanding how and why he composed his music might lead contemporary composers to new and exciting areas. Learn more.
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“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?
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What Is the Nashville Number System?
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. By Soundfly Mentor Andre Madatian If you ask almost any Broadway Street musician in downtown Nashville, they will tell you that the Nashville number system has gotten them through…
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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 companion to our mentor-driven Mainstage course, Introduction to the Composer’s Craft, offering more in-depth instruction and resources around reading and writing music. To learn about all of our other Mainstage course offerings, head over to Soundfly.com. To recap the video, when you’re reading…
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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 companion to our mentor-driven Mainstage course, Introduction to the Composer’s Craft, offering more in-depth instruction and resources around reading and writing music. To learn about all of our other Mainstage course offerings, head over to Soundfly.com. Dots and ties are two of…
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Write It Tight: Tips for Writing More Successful Notation
Your charts say a lot about you and your music. Make sure your players understand your vision with clear notation that helps everyone sound their best.
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How to Improve at Writing Music by Hand
The most confusing part of reading a handwritten score is the fact that music spacing and phrasing are not always considered when writing.
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10 Tips for Making Your Sheet Music More Readable
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. Everyone has lived through a terrible performance of a piece of music. Some songs are beyond help, but far too often a bad performance is a result…
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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 important and often overlooked skill. Some may never be required to learn how to read sheet music, while many others write the bare minimum, creating basic charts for their band and working out the details during rehearsal. But when a professional…
