The minor second is also known as a half step. It's the smallest interval (in Western music). (A whole step is two half steps) I find it's useful to visualize a piano keyboard when thinking about …
Upbeats & Downbeats
Challenge #4: Rhythms with upbeats Submission Deadline: May 12, 2013 (passed) Play these rhythms perfectly in time, at a tempo (probably slowly) that makes the rhythm even. The measures are each …
Working on Autumn Leaves
Luke sent me a recording of 'Autumn Leaves'. Great song, but his recording seemed a bit different than how I play it. So I recorded myself playing it and compared the two. In the sheet music I have, …
How to Transpose
Transposition...... Transposition is a topic I have received a number of questions about, like this one, “I know already all the scale of my alto sax,even all the major scale. The only thing that i …
Seeing Rhythm, Comparing Shapes
Gil is getting pretty close with the first phrase of Jamaica Farewell, but it's a little different than my recording and I thought that using shapes to see the rhythm might help. Just like it's hard …
Full Range Scales
Eleni was working on Happy Birthday and asked about the notes in the scale, she saw seven but wondered if there are eight. Hi Neal. Working on Happy Birthday. Question C Major shows only 7 notes …