What is rhythm in music: An introduction to beats, meters, and tempo
Rhythm is arguably the most fundamental element of music—in this in-depth guide, learn about the basics of how to read...
music theory
How to Arrange Chords Like a Pro Musician
Arranging chords is an important aspect of songwriting as it helps create the overall structure and feel of a song....
Music notation on a 4000-year timeline and more of music beyond Europe
There's no need to imagine the history and conception of music as beginning and ending in western Europe. The history...
Marie W. Anders’ Frozen Music: Debussy, dance, poems, and foghorns
In ethereal stretched harmonic recollections of Debussy, across cooly confident grooves echoing from dance floors, composer Marie Wilhelmine Anders has...
Marie W. Anders’ Frozen Music: Debussy, dance, poems, and foghorns
In ethereal stretched harmonic recollections of Debussy, across cooly confident grooves echoing from dance floors, composer Marie Wilhelmine Anders has...
Ableton Live Scale Library Now Free
The Scale library is the most complete collection of presets for Ableton Live's Scale device, with 400 musical scales from...
“High” and “low” pitch are not universal; sometimes there are crocodiles
"High" and "low" pitch are universal, right? Wrong. Try large and small, thick and thin, and among Zimbabwe's Shona people,...
Live 12 will have an interactive companion site exploring tuning
Ableton Live 12 will ship with new integrated tuning support -- but there's more. An interactive website will explore the...
Ableton Live 12: a guide to everything that’s new
Ableton has announced Live 12 today, with new tools for creating sounds, exploring musical ideas, and playing with the software...
In Dorico 5, refined notation and more realistic playback with less effort – even in Elements
Steinberg's Dorico may be a flagship notation tool in the traditional mold, but frequent updates continue to argue for making...
