What is a Mode?What is the Treble Clef staff?What’s a measure?What are these things called notes?What is a flat?What is a Sharp? Answer these questions and we are ready to begin composing. What is a Treble Clef Staff? In the beginning there were no staves (plural for staff). There were Nuemes, symbols placed above the …
There are two aspects of music theory – I like to think of them as performance-based and composer-based. Performance-Based (what a player needs to know) I sometimes refer to this aspect as the foundation and framing of a house. Every house that is built has the same basic elements if it is to stand …
The point of this blog is to share the joy I get from pursuing what is becoming an all-consuming passion for me – musical composition. I have been in love with music as long as I can remember – my first memory being a jazz piece by Count Basie’s orchestra. From my youth on, I …