November 28, 2020 | Instruments, Resources
The extremely rich albeit soft timbre that the horn produces gives it a special quality half-way between brass and woodwinds. It also blends well with the timbres of many other instruments. People used to blow on the actual horns of animals before attempting to...
December 10, 2019 | Blog, Music Composition
Firstly, the majority of popular music is diatonic. This means it was composed within a major or minor key signature and does not modulate. Furthermore, a key signature determines the set of pitches that “agree” with each other harmonically. There are usually 7...
December 23, 2019 | Blog, Music Composition
It is a fact that the majority of popular western music is diatonic. Therefore, it was composed using a fixed bank of available pitches that belong to one major or minor key signature. This system, however, is limiting. Borrowing Weird Chords In fact,...
