A phrase is a line of music that presents a complete idea. It is quite an ambiguous term, and there are many variations possible, however phrasing is crucial to making music as it tells us how notes relate to one another, rather than being isolated dots on a page. The concept itself is very familiar to us … Read more
Expressive Tempo Changes on Guitar Learn all about expressive tempo changes on guitar in this free classical guitar lesson. There are two fundamental components of music. Rhythm, and pitch. In this lesson, we are going to look at how changing the rhythmic element in a piece can be expressive. Before you go a changin’… A … Read more
Harmony is the language of musical relationships. When you feel a yearning in music, that is the harmony, when you hear a build of tension in music, that is the harmony, and when you feel a finality at the end of the piece, that is harmony too. And the most basic building blocks of western … Read more
Synthesis For all of the lessons here in the Level 1 course, scales provide the most efficient synthesis of technique. You are going to have to use right hand positioning, nail shape and stroke, left hand positioning, thumb stroke, rest stroke, free stroke, and of course the synthesis of all these actions is a technique … Read more
Ok, so you have learned the scale in C, now it is time to start playing scales with sharps and flats in them. When you see a # sign next to a note, is simply means that the note is raised a half step (a semitone for those in the UK and Australia) So, if you … Read more
A scale is simply a series of notes in ascending or descending order, it doesn’t have to start on any particular note. So we can still play the C major scale even though we don’t start on the note C. In this scale, we are going to play all of the notes that are … Read more