Q. I've learned every song I know by watching YouTube videos. If you've done this yourself, you know that it's better than reading sheet music but still kind of sucks to do. My question is if I want to be able to play lots of songs, should I learn sheet music and if so how long does it take to be faster at reading it? Or is it better to learn chord structures and such and learn to play by ear?
A. If you learn sheet music, you'll go alot farther, because you won't have to depend on other people to learn a song. Once you learn to read sheet music, you'll be able to learn songs alot faster. I suggest using flash cards to learn the names of each note. Then start trying to learn to play songs by only depending on the sheet music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_US3RRJws
What would be a good college major for me?
Q. I am a bit confused as to what to major in at a university.... i start next year and i have always, always, wanted to be a professor of music at a college for a career. recently upon doing some research, i dont know what to major in.
i know i wanted either a PhD. of music or a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree but i dont know what i want to focus in.... for example- composition theory performance etc...
Maybe you can help... because the internet has not proved helpful in my search.
I love Boroque Classical and Romantic music
I love the way music works, like notes chord structure etc
history of music is my favorite
next favorite is music performance, i play violin clarinet and piano
I would prefer a degree that would enable me to do something like that, but music performance teachers are few and far between in universities, i cant even find a degree in music history
i just DO NOT want to work with modern music... or electronic composition, or music therapy.
i prefer real music.... musicology is out, i dont find peoples relationship with music interesting.
please any help you can offer... links... expierience is best, thanks a ton.
A. Relax because you have plenty of time to decide. The first two years of college are dedicated to the general studies requirements towards a bachelors degree. You can discuss your options with an academic adviser at a university to help decide things-or perhaps go to a community college for the first two years to get the gen ed requirements done via an associates degree in general studies.
Can a chord progression follow the aeolian (minor) mode?
Q. I'm looking into general chord progression structure, using the roman numeral approach, ,eg I-V-II etc., and i've noticed that all of the lessons i've looked at have been constructed relevant to a major key, so that I-V-II is
C major-G7(dominant)-D minor
What I'm wondering is, can you use this format, but using the minor (or aeolian) mode? For example, in C minor, would this make sense to say?:
I-V-III = C minor-G minor-D# major ?
I could have gotten all that painfully wrong, aplogies if i did, i've only been playing for a year and a bit now, but hopefully someone can put me in the right direction :)
thanks!
A. Yes, chord progressions may follow the minor key of the key of the song. But this occasion is rare and even uncommon, but serves a vital purpose in orchestra endings, where they play a very melancholic minor song, and the 4-bar ending they flipped it to major, thus creating a major, holy tune. Here's some of the song:
Key: C minor
Cm-Fm-Bb-Eb-AbM7-D dim-Gsus4-G7-Cm-Gm-EbM7-C Major------end
Play it on piano. EbM7 onwards, a little ritentuto is given. Although Eb major and D# is different, they sound the same practically. So it's not I-IV-III, it's I-IV-II.
Hope this helps :)
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