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Cat Gut

Debunking the cat gut myth: Learn why violin strings and tennis rackets were never made from cat intestines, but from sheep gut, and the clever medieval marketing behind this misconception.

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Make Your Own Rules: music theory

Music has rules, but the thing is, you get to write them yourself.

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Cinematography Workshop: ad 2

I think I know a lot about music and I consider myself a pretty decent engineer and producer.

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Hipper Suspended Chords

Here’s a C suspended chord, but let’s see if we can’t get you playing some hipper ones, like a D minor over a C or a D minor 7 over a C.

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Hydrate

There’s one thing we all have in common and that’s water.

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Lament Bass

This chord progression is so useful, it basically has a name.

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The Martini Chord

The seventh is the top note of your chord before it reaches the octave.

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Isn't She Lovely

This morning in the region we looked at Stevie Wonder "Isn’t She Lovely?" There’s a lot this song can teach us, but we have time to talk about the …

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Looping Zero

We’ll talk about these chords another day, because right now there are two things you need to understand about working with audio and working with …

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Reverb: phonons diffusion density

Diffusion and density.

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Coprime Sequence

Co-prime sequences are a backbone for evolving variations in pattern-based music.

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Parallel Processing: have your cake and eat it too

Can you have your cake and eat it too?

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Do You Believe in Magic (harris shirt)

The next time anyone asks you if you believe in magic, consider this.

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