Welcome to It’s About Time Week. From December 25-31, we honor ideas, encourage creativity and dream up innovations. No pressure. I’m all about encouraging you to think outside the box to tap into your creativity. You discover the coolest notions out there. Share Your Innovations And once you’ve gotten all innovative, share it. For that, [...]
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It’s About Time Week
Posted by Mary Ellen on December 26, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/12/26/its-about-time-week/
B-I-N-G-O = M-U-S-I-C
December is National Bingo Month. In honor of such a fine game, I’m sharing with you a little Musical Bingo that I whipped up. I’ve generated a “call list” that includes: Musicians Instruments Styles/Genres Terms But instead of calling the terms, listen for them.
Posted by Mary Ellen on December 13, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/12/13/b-i-n-g-o-m-u-s-i-c/
Difference Between Classical and Jazz Musicians
When did you learn about the Circle of Fifths? I learned about it in a high school music theory class. You know – it’s the sequence of notes laid out in a circle. When you go clockwise through the circle, each note is separated an interval of a fifth. And almost right away I realized [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on November 16, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/11/16/difference-between-classical-and-jazz-musicians/
Musician’s Lingo
Sometimes when musicians speak, it may sound like a foreign language to non-musicians. It may sound that way to brand-new musicians too. Have you ever heard a conversation like this? “Did you hear that cat blow?! She’s got great chops. And her ax is rad!” “Oh yeh, she’s got a great setup on that horn. [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on November 1, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/11/01/musicians-lingo/