Transposing or Changing the Key of Music

Transposing or Changing the Key of Music

Another method for transposing tunes is to do it by key, rather than working out each note individually.  This can be done by following these steps. Firstly, look at the key note and decide what you will change it to.  For example, if the key note is D and you want to...
Understanding Dynamics in Written Music

Understanding Dynamics in Written Music

Written music needs to convey a lot of information.  Things like: which notes to play the length of time to play those notes… …or length of time to play nothing how fast to play what sort of feeling to give to the music, and how loud or quietly to play music – the...
Make ordinary chords sound amazing – 2

Make ordinary chords sound amazing – 2

For this regular feature, I take a common chord progression of the sort you might find in many pop/folk/rock songs and show you some interesting ways to play the chords.  Something other than standard strumming of the basic chords.  This is invaluable for coming up...