One of the more exciting pianists in jazz today, Vijay Iyer has won a slew of awards over the past few years, including five different nods in the DownBeat International Critics’ Poll. Awards ...

Music has the power to connect us, to heal, to inspire, and to bring about change. But what exactly goes into creating a song that can captivate the masses and earn the coveted Grammy Award? While ...

Rhythm is a crucial element in all music. The aspect of rhythm that we're going to deal with today is note duration. Every note of music that you hear has a rhythm value. Each note is held out for a ...

Do you need to learn music theory to be a great musician? No you don’t, but in many cases, it really can help. That’s the extremely short answer, however there’s a lot more to it than just that. Music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You might think of music theory as a dry and academic subject, but its 'rules' tend to be ...

Our faculty offer a broad array of research specializations that include performance and analysis, theories of rhythm and meter, music-text relations, intertextuality, jazz theory and analysis, ...

Previously, we've published a frankly must-read guide on how to build your knowledge of music theory to make better electronic music. Now, we’re going to round up a few pieces of software that know it ...

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To me, music theory is as foreign a concept as the intricacies of cooking meth, and I don’t think I’m alone in that. Sure, I have a basic grasp of scales, and I can read sheet music from my piano ...

What makes music unique, unlike other forms of expression or communication? I suspect most people could put together a personal list of several things. But among the most important have to be the ways ...