Category: Music Theory

When looking at notes and chords for your key, it's important to know what all the different terms are.  But if you don't have a good frame of reference, it's easy to be...

Music symbols are many and varied. After all, music is a complex topic.  As a musician and music teacher, I'm often asked by people I play with what specific symbols mean.  One of my...

As I've gotten into music more and more over the past...few decades...I'm always surprised by the ways composers and songwriters craft melodies and phrases in such amazing ways.  Even as a...

In the age of distance and online learning, music teachers need to adapt how they teach to engage their students.  Now, while I'm a firm believer in active non-technology learning, I'd be a...

Musical symbols are tricky, and they take some time to learn.  As a music teacher, a friend to many band directors, and a spouse to one, I know one of the hardest symbols for people when they...

Little music signs always throw people off.  There are so many out there; it's tough to know what every single one means.  One day, I was playing in a band when the musician next to...