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Hello, I have just purchased your iBook 'Essential Music Theory Volume 1', I am enjoying the style and quality of the work, unfortunately though, none
In your Perfect Intervals section it says: If an interval is a unison ...... it is called a perfect interval both notes in a perfect interval are in
Hello. How is it called the structure where three notes are played that have the duration of a fourth ? Thank you !
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Hi, The question I have is I have never been able to learn how to read music, I have tried many times, I've tried to learn how to play piano, clarinet
In my sheet music I have a smile mark located at the end of a measure that looks like a dot, a slash, and then a half-slash. Located at the beginning of
Hi Simon I'm working my way through 'Essential Music Theory' and it's been very good. I've just done the exercise on page 54 where you complete the six
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What is the meaning of -4 when written over an eighth rest on the last beat of a 4/4 measure in swing. IE Dotted half note, eight rest and eight note;
I know what a stave looks like but I cant figure out where all the notes go. I have been looking every where but they don't explain it enough for my understanding.
I am learning guitar { see a grand staff with 3 staffs connected witch one is for guitar or piano.
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