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NOTATION 33 (& THEORY): Melodic Minor
For those of you planning to take a theory grade, one of the perennial questions is to identify the Melodic Minor in action.
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MUSIC PRODUCTION 17: The Click
In Logic, this is how to create a visible Click track and control some of its parameters.
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CHORDS 70: Building 6
This lesson starts with the most simple harmonies and will hopefully encourage you to build your own chords.
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MUSIC PRODUCTION 16: Articulating Strings
Here are some simple ways to tailor your midi parts to better approximate a real musician.
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SCALES 27: Resolving Over Two Octaves
Scales that don't resolve in one octave...
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TECHNIQUE 144: Pick Attack
If you turn your pick from the default sharp corner around to a smoother one, the pick attack is reduced.
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November 2024

THEORY 55: Chord Naming 4b
Some chord names can be misleading because of convention.
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MISC 31: AI & Plagiarism
Since the onset of some high profile law suits by artists trying to prevent AI companies from allowing their bots to be the pawn of unscrupulous thieves…
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THEORY 54: Naming Modes
I have read many books and articles over the years but have never come across the source of the names of the Harmonic and Melodic Minor modes.
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THEORY 53: Chord naming 4a
Here is an interaction I had with ChatGPT4 recently about one of my qualms in chord theory.
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NOTATION 32: Where & why?
Earlier today I was reading this bar of Bach and caught myself visualising it on the guitar and moving it around the board with different fingering…
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