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Ear Training Hacks 1-2

February 28, 2006 By Graham English

Ear Training Hack #1. To get an accurate account of absolute pitch, it is important to measure the results of a pitch recognition test. Accuracy is necessary to demonstrate absolute pitch. But before you demonstrate absolute pitch, relative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, beliefs, Ear Training, EarTrainingHacks, enabling beliefs, metrics, MusicHacks, perfect pitch, pitch accuracy, pitch recognition

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February 28, 2006 By Graham English

From The Desk Of Graham English (Fair warning: I will be making an offer) Howdy... Before you sink your teeth into the latest ear training hack, I want to let you in on something humiliating for me. Last year I gave my first--and so far, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch Power, Ear Training, EarTrainingHacks, listing, perfect pitch

Song Composed Entirely of 37 Cello Parts. See the Video.

February 26, 2006 By Graham English

This is a pretty amazing video of Ethan Winer playing 37 separate cello parts to create one song. He even plays the [tag]percussion[/tag] parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. He spent hundreds of hours on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: percussion, songs

Preston Reed Is Blogging MusicHacks

February 26, 2006 By Graham English

Preston Reed is now a blogging musician and people are talking: preston reed is blogging. Dead Cool or Who is Preston Reed? Watching Preston Reed Blog Measurement - Sunday's Random Thought This return to the theme need not always be literal. It can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, MusicHacks, musicians

Does Absolute Pitch Power require an instrument?

February 26, 2006 By Graham English

Michael: Does your course require an instrument? or does it include all the sounds need to train (could I do it while traveling in my car?) Graham: Michael, my course doesn't require an instrument. I wanted to make it available to anybody and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: APP FAQ, FAQ, listing, pitch language units

How To Find The Head-Turning Hook That Reels ‘Em In

February 26, 2006 By Graham English

Be the one song your fans listen to today that gets their adrenaline pumping. Before you commit to a single note of your next song, you want to do some serious sleuthing behind the scenes. I call it being a hook detective. What you're looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: billboard charts, contrast, curiosity, details, hook placement, hooks, lyric ideas, melodic motion, note length, phrase length, song sections, songs, Songwriting

Music for 02-24-06

February 24, 2006 By Graham English

I tightened up the song I wrote yesterday and recorded this piano track. I'm going to commit to a melody and start putting some lyrics to the form. [tag]BbMAJ7[/tag] 95bpm. Download: Music for 02-24-06 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 95bpm, ballad, BbMAJ7, chorus, coldplay, EbMAJ7, edit, LIVE, melody, pop, rock, solo piano, song, ToWrite, u2, verse

Music for 02-23-06e

February 23, 2006 By Graham English

This final thing for the day is an F7 shuffle on the hammond organ. Wanna hear a badas5 solo? Listen to this, biatch! Wish I had the pedals. Damn I love Jimmy Smith. Download: Music for 02-23-06e … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 125bpm, blues, F7, hammond, Jimmy Smith, LIVE, organ solo, shuffle

Music for 02-23-06d

February 23, 2006 By Graham English

This is an edit of the track before. It's a pop rock ballad (u2, coldplay); EbMAJ7, BbMAJ7. You can hear the verse and chorus shaping up with a melody, form and changes. I'm going to write the lyrics and FINISH this one. Download: Music for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: ballad, BbMAJ7, coldplay, EbMAJ7, edit, melody, pop, rock, u2, Vocal

Music for 02-23-06c

February 23, 2006 By Graham English

This is the work in progress of the next song. No need to listen to this unless you want to hear me composing. Around 12:00 I start to find what I'm looking for. Download: Music for 02-23-06c … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: ballad, BbMAJ7, coldplay, composing, EbMAJ7, LIVE, melody, pop, rock, rough, u2, Vocal

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