Edmund Friesen, articles

What is a natural sharp?
In musical notation, a natural sign (♮) is an accidental sign used to cancel a flat or sharp from either a preceding note or the key signature.What do...
Can a double bar line begin a repeated section?
This indicates the end of a musical movement or an entire composition. 4. Start repeat: Double bar lines—the first one thicker than the second—followe...
How does one transcribe a fast rhythm from memory?
How do you transcribe fast in solos?How do you transcribe fast in solos?10 Killer Tips for Transcribing Jazz Solos That I Wish I'd Known All Along#1) ...
Equal Temperament as a Stack of Just Intervals
Is equal temperament a form of just temperament?What is the difference between just intonation and equal temperament?Is Pythagorean tuning the same as...
Is the number of keys on a controller keyboard important in music production?
If you have too many keys, too many tracks, too many instruments, too many presets, too many plugins, too easily available, you might lose control and...
Why do tendency tones and non-chord tones usually resolve down not up?
Why should tendency tones never be doubled?What is a tendency tone?What makes a pitch a tendency tone?What notes are tendency tones?Why should tendenc...
What are scale degrees?
What are the names of the scale degrees?How do you find the scale degree?What do scale degrees indicate?What are the names of the 7 scale degrees?What...
youtube's speech-to-text automatically generated subtitles
Here's how you can turn on live automatic captions:Go to YouTube.From the top right, click Create Go live.Choose Stream from the left-hand menu.Within...
Bar lines in lilypond
Bar lines. Bar lines delimit measures, and are also used to indicate repeats. Normally, simple bar lines are automatically inserted into the printed o...