What Does Etude Mean?
Every so often a student will ask, “What does etude mean?” It sounds like a fluffy word to them that must mean something glorious. That couldn’t be farther from the truth…
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Need help reading music? This is the place to go for extra help understanding music theory.
Every so often a student will ask, “What does etude mean?” It sounds like a fluffy word to them that must mean something glorious. That couldn’t be farther from the truth…
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Understanding the circle of fifths is not as difficult as you might think. In fact, this is one of many great tools musicians use to remember scales and key signatures.
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Learning how to create flat scales is a simple process. Before we get started, let’s review a few things about tetrachords and major scales.
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If you already know some things about tetrachords and major scales, then learning how to build the sharp scales will be a breeze.
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Just like the 2/4 time signature, the 3/4 time signature can also be found at the very beginning of your music right after the clef sign. This also happens to be true with all time signatures in music.
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In general, music contains tones of varying lengths. Each of these tones can be captured on paper as notes. Okay, but what are musical notes exactly?
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Anyone who plays an instrument or sings will eventually want to learn how to improve their music sight reading. I don’t blame them, I do too.
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What is sight reading? If you are asking this question, you are in the right place. In the music business, sight reading is pretty important. It many ways, it can either make you or break you as a musician.
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Steps and skips in music reading seems to be stressed more on the piano than with any other instrument. With this being said, I still feel it is useful for everyone to know and understand regardless of what instrument you play. Singers will find these tools helpful too.
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The chromatic scale is the easiest scale to learn and play. Why is that? Well, this scale is completely made up of half steps that move in consecutive order.
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