Music lessons perfectly pitched for you

There are so many different types of vocal music that rather than do them all in one big hit, I’ll take a couple (or so) at a time,...

We’ve covered instrumental music in quite some depth. Over the next few blogs we’ll look at vocal music. In this blog I’ll give a quick...

We’ve reached the end of the Romantic Period - that was quick! Here is a quiz to see what you’ve learnt, and researched. As ever a...

In this blog I’ll go over some of the popular genres of the Romantic Period. Lieder What It Is - A German art song Accompanied by - Piano...

In keeping with what has become tradition with these revision blogs, here’s DRSMITH for the Romantic Period. Dynamics The dynamics in the...

We now come to the Romantic Period. Here is a general overview of the Period and we will go into more detail as the blogs continue. The...

We’ve come to the end of our brief history of the Classical Period. Here is a quiz for you to see how well you do. Answers, and indeed...

We looked at the composing techniques in The Baroque Period, and whilst many of them were still being used in the Classical Period, there...

In the previous blog we looked at some of the different genres in the Classical Period. In this blog we’ll look at the structure of...

In this blog I’ll cover some of the forms (genres) used in the Classical Period. Concerto What It Is: An instrumental piece for solo...

Using the DRSMITH nemonic as we did in the Baroque Period revision, here we’ll look at the Classical Period. Sounds Good Identifying the...

We are now entering the Classical Period. The word “classical” is used to describe music that isn’t jazz, rock, pop, blues, etc.....

In this blog we’ll test your Baroque knowledge. You can download the test as a pdf, but only for your personal use please. The answer...

We’ve come to the end of the revision series for Medieval, Renaissance , and Baroque, This blog and the next will test what you’ve...

In the previous blog we looked at compositional devices used in the Baroque period. In this blog we’ll look at ornaments. What Is An...

In the previous blog we looked at some of the structures used in Baroque music, in this blog we’ll look at some of the composing...

In the last blog we looked at the music forms (genres) of the Baroque period. In this blog we’ll look at the structure of some of the...

In the previous blog we covered the baroque style using DRSMITH. In this blog I’ll cover the different forms used in the period. These...

In the previous blog I wrote about the Baroque period in general. In this blog I’ll go into some more detail about the style of Baroque...

We now come to the first of several really big periods in music. Baroque…. Baroque literally means “bizarre”. The word was borrowed...