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How To Figure Out The Key to A Song
How Can You Know What The Key Is To A Song. First off: what does “key” mean? How do you define the musical term “key”? For an explanation of this, check this blog: The Difference Between Key and Scale. Now we got that covered: let’s move on to a listing of ways you can figure … How To Figure Out The Key to A Song
Writing Songs IS Easy!
Writing Songs IS Easy! There is this really cool scene in the movie “Sound City”, where Dave Grohl and Paul McCartney are writing a song together. At some point, during the writing session, Dave blurts out: “Man… I wish it was always that easy!” Paul looks at him, and responds:”… but it always is!” Paul’s … Writing Songs IS Easy!
The Illusion That Our Fav Artists Got Great Without Training
The Illusion That Our Fav Artists Did not Have Musical Training We all like to hold on to the romantic notion that our favorite artists are “natural talents” who never took (or “needed”) music or guitar lessons to become that good. Believing that an artist is naturally born with those great songs in him, or … The Illusion That Our Fav Artists Got Great Without Training
An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes
An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes There are 2 approaches to figuring out all modes in all 12 keys. 1) Thinking relative scales: This is the system taught in music schools. When you use this approach, you count back a number of scale degree steps to the relative major scale. … An Easy System To Memorize The Key Signatures For All Modes
Ostinato: Boost Your Songwriting Creativity
Ostinato: Boost Your Songwriting Creativity What is an “ostinato”? In classical music, an “ostinato” is a motif or phrase that keeps persistently repeating in the same voice throughout a composition or part of a composition. The plural of ostinato is ostinati. This Italian term means: “Stubborn” I like to make the distinction with contemporary music, … Ostinato: Boost Your Songwriting Creativity
