Beethoven and his message to our times. (Ludwig Von Beethoven) Beethoven was not the only tortured artist who composed exquisite music in the face of his suffering (Gesualdo’s agonies of guilt, Bach’s loss of 10 of his 20 children in childhood), but his music is an...
In the ninth video of our Elements Of Music series, Chris provides an introduction to the modes in the major scale. Small "variations" is a scale produce different "modes" e.g. Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, etc. Different modes will give a different feel to a...
In the eighth video of our Elements Of Music series. Music Wizard founder Chris Salter discusses using the chromatic scale as a map and reveals an interesting secret which helps us understand the structure of music. Hierarchy of consonance vs dissonance in interval...
This is a basic intro to the layout of the piano, scales, intervals, dissonance, consonance. Many of you watching this will have a basic to advanced understanding of this discussion. That said, my intent here is deeper than that as it's a build-up on how I intend to...
Music reflects the binary quality of the universe (yin and yang) with the principles of tension and release in time. This is the primary engine of music. This can be achieved with many different strategies and tactics. The following are some of the ways tension and...
In the fourth video in our Elements Of Music series, Music Wizard founder Chris Salter shares how the number 12 reveals interesting ways to look at and listen to music, and the correlation of music and math. a) Western classical harmony, especially since Bach, uses...
In the first video of our series on the Elements of Music, Music Wizard founder Chris Salter introduces the yin/yang of music. Here's an intro from Chris. ----------------------- One of my life long fascinations has been with the essence of things, and while I loved...
In the fifth video of our Elements Of Music series, Music Wizard Founder Chris Salter discusses ways the understanding of language applies to learning music. Music can be organized and self reflective, and that order can be called a language. Many parallels with human...
