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 [...]
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Difference Between Classical and Jazz Musicians
Posted by Mary Ellen on November 16, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/11/16/difference-between-classical-and-jazz-musicians/
Play, Write, Listen, and Create Music at 1000 MPH
Last night, before I went to sleep, I asked my dreamself to help me write today’s ezine. I woke up with this headline on the tip of my tongue and the skeleton of an actual article in my mind. I quickly wrote it all down. Courtesy of my subconscious, here are four ways we interact [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on February 9, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/02/09/play-write-listen-and-create-music-at-1000-mph/
Jacks be nimble, jacks be quick!
Jacks Be Nimble, Jacks Be Quick! A musical game of jacks enhances learning through play. Have you ever played jacks? It’s that game of agility and speed played with a small rubber ball and a set of 10 six-pointed jacks. The rules are simple enough, but the achievement of “threes-ies” can take many hours. Scatter [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on February 23, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/02/23/jacks-be-nimble-jacks-be-quick/
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand… Notes!
What if each pixel in an image corresponded to a specific pitch? What if the brightness level of a pixel determined the length of the note? What if the RGB value of each pixel created three-part harmony? Seeing Music In Color Music has many mathematical elements contained therein. The idea to apply pitch to pixels [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on January 13, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/01/13/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-notes/