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Music Basics Series – Part 7
By Jan Durrant
The vehicle for expression in music comes through the context of dynamic markings. Since the Italians were the ones to first write marks of expression in their music as well as print the first music manuscripts on paper, all of the marks of expression or dynamics are from Italian words.
Please look over the list of dynamic markings below and familiarize yourself with them. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Only those basic symbols that are commonly used are included here.Continue reading Music Basics – Dynamic Markings
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Music Basics Series – Part 6
By Jan Durrant
An Interval is defined as the distance between two notes.
The first interval to consider is the interval of a Second, notated as ‘2nd’. Continue reading Music Basics – Musical Intervals
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Music Basics Series – Part 5
By Jan Durrant
BASICS OF RHYTHM
Both the Quarter Note and the Quarter Rest get one beat. Continue reading Music Basics – Rhythm and Chords
Music Basics Series – Part 4
By Jan Durrant
TREBLE CLEF and BASS CLEF NOTE NAMES
Both the Treble and Bass clefs each have five lines and four spaces. Learning the actual note names of each line and space(the spaces between each line) is very simple. Continue reading Music Basics – Treble Clef and Bass Clef Note Names
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Music Basics Series – Part 3
By Jan Durrant
There are only seven (7) letter names used on the piano:
A B C D E F GContinue reading Music Basics – Introduction to the White Keys