All 4ths Guitar #3 – Minor Scale
ZL Greenwood -Arturia Beatstep Pro Chord Cheat Sheet
Sometimes when I am performing or jamming with friends away from home the only keyboard I have is my Beatstep. So I have cooked up this one page cheat sheet that covers all of the major, minor and 7th chords on the C to C one octave keyboard. Notes: 1) red dots indicate the Major... Continue Reading →
Experimental and Unconventional Sounds
Good Day ! I found this article on Soundsphere that I would like to share because I found it interesting and informative. The sub headings of this article: Circuit Bending; Field Recording; Granular Synthesis; Modular Synthesis; Musique Concrete; Tape Looping; and the Use of Unconventional Instruments; combined with lots of great production tips really opened... Continue Reading →
Note Book – Exploring the Magic of Tritones Part One – Wading into the Shallow End
Definition a tritone is a musical interval with 3 whole tones or 6 semitones between the notes. Tritones are the only symmetrical intervals. For example C to F# above is a tri tone (Aug 4th ) and so is F# to C above it. F# to C below it is also a tri tone(dim 5th).... Continue Reading →
Note Book – Musical Modes
Most musicians are familiar with modes, but a little review never hurts ! This article explains and reviews modes very well and includes some great song references. In addition it is oriented towards electronic music and uses MID as well as standard music notion for the examples. Music theory basics: how to understand musical modes... Continue Reading →
Note Book – Building TRS to Midi Cables
To keep desktop MIDI devices small many manufactures have switch from standard 5 pin MIDI cables to TRS3.5mm Mini Jacks. Unfortunately there are two different wiring schemes ! This article sorts it all out.
Wouter Hisschemöller – Midi Euclidean Pattern Generator
Amazing visual software to generate Euclidean Patterns for rhythms or notes via Midi. Euclidean Pattern Generator Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
Music Note Book Table of Contents
Music Theory and Tips Beats per Minute (BPM) Time Intervals Blues Chord Substitutions – Free PDF Download Chart of Common Scales Chord Progressions Chord Progressions Lo-Fi Improvising Over Major 7th Chords Tritone Intervals - Part One Synthesizers and MIDI Behringer Neutron Semi Modular Synth Patch Resource List Free Online Synths with MIDI Input Free On-Line Synthesizer Lessons MIDI Data Router for Windows MIDI –... Continue Reading →
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