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Keylight - an audio rhythm experiment. Outline of basic music theory. Professional music theory: an outline of basic music theory.

Outline of basic music theory

Preface and Chapter 1 of the Outline of basic music theory – by Oscar van Dillen ©2011-2014 The beginner’s learning book can be found at Basic elements of music theory. Overview of chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Sound and hearing Chapter 3: Musical notation Chapter 4: Basic building blocks of melody and harmony Chapter 5: Consonance and dissonance Chapter 6: Circle of fifths and transposition Chapter 7: Concerning rhythm, melody, harmony and form Chapter 8: Further study Preface This outline offers a concise and complete overview of basic music theory. In order to speed up consulting this online book, its chapters can as of now be found on separate pages; unfortunately the original one-page version exceeded acceptable download times, because of the length of the total materials presented. . © Oscar van Dillen 2011-2014 Chapter 1: Introduction.

30 Albums That Define Cool. Any album “list” is going to be incomplete.

30 Albums That Define Cool

It’s going to be filled with albums you agree with, artists you hate and some sort of commentary that you probably disagree with. This list is no different. However, rather than ranking these in order of importance or influence, we decided to pick 30 Albums that Define Cool. It’s not a “Best of XXXX” list by any stretch of the imagination (because honestly, that would be presumptuous), just thirty albums that we think are cool.

These things tend to spark huge debates, so feel free to let us have it in the comments. London Calling – The Clash Long before Punk Rock was about frosted tips and dudes wearing eyeliner, there was The Clash. Legend – Bob Marley & The Wailers The likelihood of anyone reading this having heard of Reggae music without Bob Marley is unlikely. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd Four words: The Wizard of Oz. OK Computer / Kid A – Radiohead OK Computer: Amazon | iTunes Kid A: Amazon | iTunes. Rolling Stones - Satisfaction - Lesson - 100 Guitar Riffs - HD Video at Chicago Music Exchange - Alex Chadwick. Vision Music's "Basic Blues Chords"

Vision Music's "Basic Jazz Chords" I put the 'slut' in slutstep. Classical Dubstep... GuitarHabits.com. Guitar Tabs Search Engine - Tab Robot indexes 4 million guitar tabs. ChordFind.Com - Guitar Chord Finder. Chord Editor - Billion Chords, 1 Billion Chord Charts.

Lessons. Sing-Along, Folk, & Rock Guitar Songs (chords & lyrics) Sing-Along, Folk, &Rock Guitar Songs (chords &lyrics) Top 50 Youtube Guitar Channels. The Top 50 Youtube Guitar Channels covers lessons, magazines, manufacturers, guitar stores, reviews, guitarists, and pretty much everything guitar centric.

Top 50 Youtube Guitar Channels

All of the channels below had reached at least 2 million total views by March of 2012. Our focus was on channels producing high quality guitar videos at regular intervals. 1. GuitarJamz.com #1 (martyzsongs) 155,460,210 views – guitar tabs 2. NextLevelGuitar.com (rockongoodpeople) 99,932,874 views – guitar lessons 3. Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era. 10 Essentials On Guitar Improvisation. Photo by Simone13 AKA John Pastorello Besides writing and playing songs I just love improvising. When I practice improvising I always first pour myself a cup of green tea, I put on some folk music (e.g.

Ray La Montagne, Damien Rice, Stephen Fretwell, Glen Hansard, Sheryl Crow, etc.) on Last.fm or Spotify.com and then I start to improvise over these songs. I get totally caught up in the moment and let my fingers carry me away. Other times I practice melodic patterns, triads, arpeggios, licks, everything that will spice up my improvisation skills. Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of guitar playing, but also something that requires a lot of hard work and dedication.

Here are 10 basic essentials that will help you become a better improviser. 1 – Pentatonics / blues Learn to play the pentatonic/blues scale all over the neck in all five shapes. 2 – Major Scale Next to the pentatonic scale, the major scale is the most important scale to learn. 3- Melodic patterns.