Gurus Of Music

  The Book of Music Basics gives you just enough basics to succeed with whatever style of music you are learning. Use as a supplement to your lessons to ensure success in learning the instrument. The first part explains why music education has become something of a 'hit and miss' proposition in this country; the basics have generally fallen out or they are taught in a confusing order. There is a specific order to learn the basics otherwise they are apt to become confusing. This book gives full definitions with illustrations and examples. It tells you how to apply them for what you want to do. Available on Amazon as; Kindle  or Paperback

Consonance And Dissonance In Music This article is useful in the practice of improvisation. It will explain why certain scales can be used to good effect in improvising and also why a certain amount of chord theory is handy. If you don’t understand what the term interval means, you should first go and read over the following post; Intervals And Their Qualities .  Major and perfect intervals in a C major scale So, having established what an ‘interval’ is, we can move on to the concept of consonance and dissonance. It’s a rather simple concept that states that certain intervals harmonize or are pleasing to the ear and certain intervals clash or are unpleasant to the ear. Naturally this is a bit subjective and changes somewhat from era to era, but we can establish a basic overall accepted norm and work from there. The intervals, which harmonize and are known as consonant, are specifically the thirds and sixths, regardless of their quality (major or minor.) Fourths and ...

Purpose In Music Lessons One thing you should do in regards to taking music lessons, or any learning activity for that matter is to take a bit of time and decide what your goals in learning are. I’m not really talking about big long-term plans, necessarily, but something quite a bit simpler.  One consideration is what style or genre of music are you mainly interested in playing? For example, so-called classical music relies heavily on note reading. Being able to play the classics requires fluency in note reading and a solid foundation in theory. Now pop music breaks down into a few categories. The songwriting end of it definitely requires much of the same expertise and theory as classical music and, if you’re going to be happy picking up song books off the music store shelves and playing them, then a good basis in note reading will take you to your goal the quickest. However, often has been the time that someone has learned a song from a piece of sheet music and then ...