What is a MIDI Keyboard Controller? A MIDI controller is a device that can let you sequence music and play virtual instruments on your Mac or PC. It is sending the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data to a computer or synthesizer, then interprets the signal and makes a sound. A good MIDI keyboard makes […]
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Interval is the distance between the two notes, count from the bottom notes to the top. It is an important skill from ear training, music transcription, musical intonation and sight-reading. There are total of 5 types intervals in music theory, such as Major, Minor, Perfect, Augmented and Diminished, but we commonly use only Major or
I am always wondering if I can become a student forever. I love to study and search for many different pieces of information that related to music. I can sit there, read and watch videos all the time. There are lots of benefits of being a music student. One of them is having discounts on
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Music Theory is a very broad term to describe music. Music Theory can include harmony, chords, melody, analysis, etc. But which topics should you first as a beginner? Every topics are very essential to any musicians. Have you ever wondered about either melody or rhythm that usually a child can pick up easily? I would
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DAW, known as Digital Audio Workstation is a software that most composers, arrangers, or orchestrators use nowadays to program the music into it. It is mostly used for recording, editing, and producing audio files. It requires at least one input device for adding or modifying data. This can be simple as a mouse and keyboard
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As a Film Composer, nowhere to go during Summer? Join the Film Music Workshop! It is definitely a good experience for you to meet up with the professionals and make new friends! What is workshop? Workshops may involve more hands-on learning however also allow discussion, interaction, and presentation. You will meeting lots of industry professionals
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Keys are known as tonality too. It’s to determine the starting point of a key, it might be changing the tonality halfway and back to the tonic. And Keys are related to Intervals and Scales as well. Identifying a key is really crucial when you play a piece, you have to know which tonality you
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As Film Composers, we have to keep on practicing our craft, by doing so we need to get a video/film and start to score it. Film Music Competition is a good platform to determine your skills at which level, but of course don’t be down if you can’t get any prizes, it definitely worth getting
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If you are a composer/arranger/orchestrator, then you must know about music notation software! What is a Music Notation Program/ScoreWriter? A music notation program is software for creating, editing, and printing sheet music. It allows composers, arrangers, orchestrators to playback what they have composed, arranged, or orchestrated, therefore they have the guidance on whether it sounds
A music composer is a person who composes the music for the players to perform. The person can be writing in any genre/style of music for any ensembles. For example, jingles, film music, electronic music, etc. There’s no one who can master every genre/style of music. Therefore, for each genre/style, the composer has to study
