Holiday Sale

by Josh on December 12, 2016 at 8:16 pm

Hey everyone, we have some limited time offers in the Odd Quartet store right now. Click the link to check them out. You can save up to 40% on your order now through the 21st. If you are ordering from the United States, your order should arrive in time for Christmas if you order by the 19th. Use the code “SOLO” at checkout to save 15% on any order over $15. Use the code “DUET” at checkout to save 25% on any order over $25, or use the code “QUARTET” at checkout to save 40% on any order over $40. One of the newest items in the store are these music dice. This would make a great stocking stuffer for any musician!!

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Springtown Contest Recap

by Josh on October 10, 2016 at 12:07 pm

The first marching contest of 2016 and it was much more than I expected. First off, thank you to the Springtown band staff and boosters for putting on a great contest. Everyone was so helpful and kind.

It’s funny how much I continue to learn the more and more I do events like this. There were things I brought that I didn’t use and other things I didn’t bring that I probably could have used. But overall, it was a good learning experience. It was amazing to meet all the people who stopped by the booth. I got to see people who were there last year and catch up with them, and got to meet a bunch of new people this year. There were students who are also working in visual arts that showed me some of their artwork and it continues to amaze me the level of talent and improvement that I saw. I hope you continue to draw and paint!

I hope this is a contest I can go back to every year! Thanks again to everyone who came out, and I’m looking forward to the Plano East contest. Hope to see you there!

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Reading Time Signatures

by Josh on July 21, 2016 at 9:37 pm

I thought we could take a minute today to talk about time – Time signatures to be precise. I’ll try to explain as best I can in the video below. Check out the additional examples below the video if you want to see more examples of the different kinds of times signatures you might come across in your music studies. As always, let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for watching!

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How to Write Music

by Josh on June 26, 2016 at 9:10 pm

In this week’s video, we go over some general rules for writing music notation:

There are some more specific rules that I ended up not using in the video, but I wanted to share them here. If you are using a music notation software like Finale or Sibelius ALL of these rules are already programmed into the software and update automatically as you write the music (well, as best as it can. Sometimes beams on note groupings can get a little weird). If you have any questions, leave them the comments below. Thanks for watching/reading. Look for another music theory video soon!

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How to Read Music

by Josh on June 12, 2016 at 12:35 pm

Part of the new video series is going to focus on Music Theory. The first video below reviews how clefs impact which notes are in the staff. Let me know what you think!

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