Audio compression has a couple flavors: upward and downward. What’s the difference? Join me for ear training gym. If you can’t make it, watch this video.

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The flat-side is the gateway to borrowed cords. #MusicTheory #PumpOrgan #Chords

Finishing songs is a skill just like anything else. If you don’t practice it, you don’t get better at it. Every time you abandon one, you reinforce the habit.

Cinematography workshop tomorrow
Vocal kitchen starts next week
Orchestral kitchen March 8

From a Music Theory Gym a few weeks ago, this is another important bit of keyboard vocabulary.

This song example was taken from the wonderful Nina Simone, “I wish I knew how it would feel to be free“, featuring pianist Billy Taylor.

#MusicTheory #Chords

I have no idea if videos makes sense here, but I’d love to replace Instagram, so I’m going to try doing everything I do there over here. Let’s play some chords. #MusicTheory #Piano #Chords

The Neapolitan 6th:1st inversion of a flat two cord, resolving to five, and then home in either major or minor. You don’t hear this often, but it’s always a surprise to learn that first one isn’t minor. New music theory class starts early in the coming year!

This is about passing along institutional knowledge. For every little thing like this, there are 1000 others that won’t ever make it into a video. Finding the break:

Tracking yourself on your maps app while you are on a flight is utterly mesmerizing