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The Good Musician

Archive for the ‘Music Theory’ Category

July 26th, 2007

Music Theory 101: Seconds and Scales

Today we’ll learn about the basic structure of a musical scale.
What is a scale? A scale is a series of of notes within an octave. An octave is the range of sound between a pitch (e.g. 200 Hz) and double it’s frequency (i.e., 400Hz). So if you pick out a few pitches between 200 and […]

By Arjun Muralidharan -- 0 comments

July 6th, 2007

What is Music?

Why does the slamming of a door sound different than the pluck of a guitar string?
Before we dive into things lie music notation, chords, scale systems and the likes, we should understand the basic nature of music. When does a tone become a musical tone? The answer: When we perceive a sound as a regular, […]

By Arjun Muralidharan -- 0 comments