Music lessons perfectly pitched for you

The previous blog covered the medieval period. Now we look at the renaissance period. It’s A Date From a musical perspective the...

There are many (seven) periods of music and it is my intention to cover them all over the next several blogs. Let’s start with Medieval....

In this blog I'll ask you loads of questions to see what you've learnt from the last ten blogs. You can download this quiz as a PDF...

There are many groups in music. Here are just a few of them. Brass Band A group consisting of brass instruments and percussion....

There was a time that pretty much everything you heard was an acoustic instrument. Film and TV music was recorded using orchestras, pop...

We’ve covered the different groups of musical instruments. In this blog I’ll go over timbre. Timbre Nothing to do with trees! Timbre is...

Yes, your voice is an instrument. It is important that you’re able to identify what the different voices sound like - and what they’re...

It’s the turn of the woodwind now. Woodwind instruments used to be made from wood. Like brass they make a sound by blowing air into them....

We’ve covered the guitar family of stringed instruments. Now we’ll look at the orchestra strings. Orchestra Strings The strings section...

If it get hit to make the sound/music - it's percussion! The percussion family is huge! If you have to hit it or shake it to make the...

The previous blog covered the guitar family. This blog is all about the keyboard family. The keyboard family has been around for rather...

In the previous blog we looked at brass instruments. This blog looks at guitar instruments. In this blog I’ll write about anything that...

It is to be hoped that you know a lot about your own instrument which is fab, but it is necessary to understand about all instruments and...

Form, also known as structure, is how the music is organised. Nearly all music has a form of some kind. In this blog we explore some of...

A melodic device is a way to construct melodies. There are a lot of technical words to learn. We’ll also go into more detail about...

We have spent the last 15 blogs revising everything to do with melody. In this blog I’ll ask you lots of questions to see how much...

Music Revision - Melody Part 15 - Texture 2 In the previous blog we revised the different types of texture in music. In this blog we’ll...

Texture describes how music parts fit together…many people use the phrase “woven together” and this is actually a really good way of...

If you’re not familiar with the circle of fifths, I strongly recommend you go here to revise it again. Modulation A piece of music will...

In this “Melody Series” so far you’ve revised keys, key signatures, major and minor scales, the circle of fifths, modes, chords,...