Why does atonal music suck? The canon of Western Art Music (more commonly called classical music) stretches back centuries and you can more or less trace its progression in styles, forms, and complexities in a somewhat linear path beginning in the 13th and 14th centuries. And for the most part, each composer in that chain builds off and is influenced by the composers…
Read MoreI have transcribed a lot of music in my life. Thousands of songs. I would be lying if I said that it never gets tedious. But in the process of transcribing all that music, I’ve become aware of the times that I’m most engaged with my work…
Read MoreOne of the frequent questions I get from clients regards the proper use of key signatures. When we take music lessons growing up, we’re taught that the purpose of a key signature is to avoid having to write all the sharps and flats in the music – that we can just put those sharps and flats…
Read MoreRock music and classical music have a lot of similarities. They also have many differences. It’s not surprising then that I often have classically-trained musicians, who are thinking like classically-trained musicians, asking for transcription requests of rock and pop music..
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