music theory – Odd Quartet

Anatomy of a Music Note

May 7, 2017May 11, 2017 by Josh

So, there are names for all the parts of the music note, but sometimes those names don’t make much sense. Watch the video to find out why.

We take a look at some misunderstood characters in this video – Accidentals. Just how do they work, and how do you recognize them in music? Watch the video below to find out and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for future videos.

Reading Time Signatures

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 by Josh

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 … Read more

How to Write Music

June 27, 2016June 26, 2016 by Josh

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 … Read more

How to Read Music

June 12, 2016 by Josh

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!