Spooky: Major Minor Halloween
John Carpenter's Halloween theme — 70% of you identified it as minor. But there's no third in the structure. Music theory isn't about a right or wrong …
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Compression: input output
A compressor reduces the level of a track, but one of the places people get confused is in understanding where it reduces that level.
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Meme: this is what people worry about music theory
Go. Oh, guys. It’s not coming off. What do you mean it’s not-
Chord of Interest
Apparently, I have a lot to say about this chord progression.
Interval Inversions
If you ever notice that six steps up the scale this is a major sixth but if we invert it this becomes part of a minor chord.
Arrange Like a Mix Engineer
When you’re arranging you have to think a lot like a mix engineer because every instrument is going to speak differently in every register So the …
You Can Do This
This may be one of the most useful chord progressions you can learn, and it’s deceptively easy, because if you can do this, then you can do this, and …
Porgy
I’m going to play an F in every chord of the opening of "I Love Zupor" I’m playing an F and the droning pedal tone of the tonic note is going to …
Just tell your stories
Just tell your stories.
Voice leading game inversions
Getting comfortable with keyboard chords means getting comfortable with inversions.
Put This Under Your Fingertips
Here’s another chord progression you should put under your fingers.
MPG: Music Production Gym
What makes music tick?
MBE: all levels
Let me share with you the steps I take to teach harmony to our students.
