Chords (part 1)
If you've been following the series of blog posts so far, well done, I guess that means it's making some sort of sense. It may seem that these posts are…
Circle of Fifths and Fourths
Following on from music theory primer and intervals, this post is about the circle of fifths / fourths. I've said previously that we can move through all the keys systematically…
Intervals (aka Music Theory Primer part 2)
This post follows on from the Music Theory Primer post so I'd recommend reading that one first if you haven't already. In that post I introduced Keys as a way…
Music Theory Primer
First of all, I'm not a music teacher. Nor am I offering some sort of magic formula. Over time, many people have said to me that they've never bothered learning…
Why am I posting about cookery on a music blog????
I never formally learned the basic rules of cookery but it has never stopped me from cooking. Over time you tend to pick up the basics, what works well together…
Every song ever written is in this post
Granted, that sounds crazy. There are a couple of exceptions - it doesn't really apply to percussive or sampled sounds and only covers Western music. Still sounds impossible? Before I…