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Everything about getting notation you can read, edit, and print: making sheet music from a song, simplifying and arranging it for your level, and exporting a clean score to PDF or MusicXML.
An interval is the distance between two notes, and it is the unit almost all of music is built from. Here is how intervals are named and counted, and why they are the fastest way to train your ear.
The modes are seven scales that share the same notes but start in different places, and each has its own character. Here is what the modes are, how to build them, and how to hear them in real songs.
Pitch tells you which note; rhythm tells you when and how long. Here is how note values work, from whole notes down to sixteenths, plus rests, dots, and ties, so you can read the timing on a page.
A cadence is the chord move that ends a musical phrase, the punctuation of harmony. Here are the four cadences worth knowing, what each one sounds like, and how to spot them in a song.
Dynamics mark how loud, articulation marks how each note is played. Here is what the symbols mean, from piano and forte to staccato and slurs, and why they are what turns notes into music.
The circle of fifths arranges all twelve keys in a ring so each step is a perfect fifth. Here is what it shows, how to read it, and the everyday jobs it makes faster.
A chord inversion is the same chord with a note other than the root in the bass. Here is what each inversion is, how they are written, and why players use them constantly.
A chord progression is the sequence of chords a melody sits on. Here are the Roman numerals, the progressions worth knowing by name, and how to find them in a song.
To get sheet music for a funeral or memorial song, transcribe the recording you want to play. Here is how to prepare the right version, in the right key, for the service.
The tune in your head becomes a real recording the moment you hum it into your phone, and from there it can become notation you can read, edit, and share. Here is how to turn a hummed or sung melody into sheet music, even if you cannot play it on an instrument yet.
Most guitar players learn songs from chords, but the chart you find is often wrong, missing, or in a key that fights your voice. Here is how to get the guitar chords to any song straight from the recording, then shape them into the capo position, voicings, or key you actually play in.
The ukulele makes almost any song approachable, but only once you have the chords in a key that suits its four strings and your voice. Here is how to get the ukulele chords to any song from the recording, then pick uke-friendly keys and simple shapes.
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