This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. Are you trying to learn scales and patterns,…
Tag: scales
scales of all shapes and sizes! minor pentatonic scales, major scales, minor scales, etc.
Lots and Lots of Colored Dots: A Fretboard Explanation of Pop Tonality
Using the guitar fretboard as a template, music theorist Dean Olivet has redesigned harmonic notation in a colorful, intuitive methodology for learning.
Get Ur Phryg On! Demystifying Timbaland and Missy Elliott’s Famous Beat
The above video comes from our free course series, Theory for Producers, exploring music theory via…
Quick Tracks Nº 9: Write a Melody Using the Whole Tone Scale
Welcome back to Quick Tracks! Once a month, we’ll send you another short composition, performance, or production…
Exploring the Lydian Mode with Elliott Smith’s “Waltz #1”
Like thousands of other young music fans with a penchant for the delicate beauty born…
Can Descending Chords Ever Sound Happy?
Descending melodies and progressions often sound sad, but one of the most resoundingly happy songs ever, Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” begs to differ.
Philip Tagg’s Everyday Tonality
This article originally appeared on The Ethan Hein Blog. I complain a lot on my…
Thelonious Monk and Harnessing Dissonance
Today, Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) would have been 100 years old. Happy birthday, brother! To celebrate a century…
Longing for Simpler Times? Why the ‘Good Old Days’ Ain’t So Simple This Time Around
Have you heard Macklemore and Kesha’s recent duet, “Good Old Days”? It’s got a main…
Quick Tracks Nº 4: Write a Groove Using the Lydian Mode
Welcome back to Quick Tracks! Every other week, we’ll send you another short composition, performance, or production…