As we develop new tools for the iPad to teach harmony and composition, we have found some cool articles, videos and other materials on something called the geometry of music. A little heavy going in some ways, but this is actually part of the "design" of the twelve...
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qtvx57P4oKo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This video explains and discusses the most common time signatures. Equivalent to the associated board (ABRSM) music...
The circle of fifths is a superb tool to help musicians calculate key signatures for both major and minor keys. Watch this video if you need support/instructions on how to create the circle of fifths. Alternatively, watch my other videos which give specific...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4NIZlYKyo This series of lectures by John Crooks is both extremely interesting and a bit nerdy. Music notation, conventions and theory evolved over the last 2000 years, but was largely lost for almost a thousand of those years,...
One of the singular developments of Western music was to prefer flexibility and an integrated harmonic system over pure harmonies. Bach understood the ramifications and laid out the possibilities for the ages....
