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Improve Your Music Skills with the Circle of Fifths
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Why Eric Whitacre's Clusterchords Work
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Terrible Music Jokes for 10 Solid Minutes

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My First Melody Was Boring. Let's Fix It Using Music Theory.
My First Melody Was Boring. Let's Fix It Using Music Theory.
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How Mendelssohn Writes A Theme
How Beethoven Writes A Motif - Examining the 5th Symphony
How Beethoven Writes A Motif - Examining the 5th Symphony
When Am I Ever Going To Use That?
When Am I Ever Going To Use That?

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How Mendelssohn Writes A Theme
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How Beethoven Writes A Motif - Examining the 5th Symphony
How The Punch Brothers Converted a Song from 4/4 to 5/8 [Score Study #2]
How The Punch Brothers Converted a Song from 4/4 to 5/8 [Score Study #2]
Looking at Ligeti's Orchestration | Score Study #3
Looking at Ligeti's Orchestration | Score Study #3
The Simple Complexity of Hedwig's Theme
The Simple Complexity of Hedwig's Theme

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Find the Key of Any Song in Three EASY Steps
Find the Key of Any Song in Three EASY Steps
Why Do We Need Key Signatures?
Why Do We Need Key Signatures?
Notes and Rests, Part 2 - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #5
Notes and Rests, Part 2 - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #5
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Notes and Rests, Part 1 - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #4
How Do Clefs Work?
How Do Clefs Work?

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My First Melody Was Boring. Let's Fix It Using Music Theory.
My First Melody Was Boring. Let's Fix It Using Music Theory.
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How Beethoven Writes A Motif - Examining the 5th Symphony
Orchestrating my FIRST piece | Composition Exercise
Orchestrating my FIRST piece | Composition Exercise
Looking at Ligeti's Orchestration | Score Study #3
Looking at Ligeti's Orchestration | Score Study #3
The Simple Complexity of Hedwig's Theme
The Simple Complexity of Hedwig's Theme

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A (Brief) History of Christmas Music
A (Brief) History of Christmas Music
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Baseball and the Organ
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How The Notes Got Their Names
Music and the Reformation: Germany
Music and the Reformation: Germany

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Score Study Field Guide
Score Study Field Guide
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This digital resource is a step-by-step guide that I have developed to help musicians analyze music on their own.

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The Circle of Fifths PDF Bundle
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A series of three posters looking at what is the Circle of Fifths [1/3], How To Build It [2/3], and Six Practical Ways To Use It [3/3]. Perfect for use in a music classroom.

Key and Modes Flowchart PDF Bundle
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Key and Modes Flowchart PDF Bundle
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Two flowchart guide to the Keys and Modes Signatures. Perfect for beginner music student, or for use in the music classroom. 8.5x11.

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