Like scales, arpeggios serve as a great foundation for all forms of music. Here are some arpeggio patterns to add to your practice routine.
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Clip N’ Save: A Guide to Scale Degrees
The different scale degrees of notes can give you an idea of how that note will function within a piece of music written in the scale’s key.
Clip N’ Save: Learn to Play Perfect Accidentals
While key signatures will let us know which notes are supposed to be sharp or flat in a song, composers will also frequently add in notes with accidentals.
Clip N’ Save: A Beginner’s Guide to Transposition
Check out this quick guide on transposition to learn about the relationships between instruments in different keys and how the relate to one another.
Clip N’ Save: Time for a Rest – Rests and Pauses
Rests and pauses in music allow the composer to add some musical texture and also give musicians a chance to take a breather.
Clip N’ Save: Moving On Up – Types of Scales
Scales often serve as a basis for melodic structure in a song, and are important to learn as a beginning musician.
Clip N’ Save: Make Your Music More Dynamic
Dynamics allow you to add color and emotion to your playing. Find out how to make your music more dynamic with these tips and tricks.
Clip N’ Save: Get to the Counterpoint
Counterpoint is the art of combining various melodic lines in a musical composition. Some examples of counterpoint include rounds, fugues, and canons.
Clip N’ Save: Foreign Accent
Here are a few definitions for som e of the most common foreign accent markings found on musical scores and pieces.
How to Layer Your Guitar
Thinking what you’re writing for guitar is too simple? Worried it’s not enough? In this video Mike Meiers will show you how to layer your guitar lines and bring your songs to life. Mike Meiers is a songwriter, producer, and founder of Songwriting For Guitar. Download the FREE Songwriting Guitarist Quick Start Guide: ➡️ https://www.songwritingforguitar.com/