Hound Dog ~ The Minor Thirds

Pitch ~ Scientific Pitch Notation

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. Scientific pitch notation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation The first ten Cs in scientific pitch notation Where C0 is in the region of the lowest possible audible frequency. . . Scientific pitch notation is one of several methods that name the notes of the standard Western chromatic scale by combining a letter name, accidentals, and a number identifying the pitch's octave. The definition of scientific pitch notation in this article is that proposed to the Acoustical Society Of America in 1939, where C0 is in the region of the lowest possible audible frequency. .

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updating from an earlier post:

http://enterarena.blogspot.sg/2009/01/pitch-scientific-pitch-notation.html

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Ascii ~ Guitar Chords & Music

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Ascii ~ Guitar Chords & Music

CMaj7 = Cmaj7 = C∆7 = CM7

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Note:

[ ∆ ]

~ is an 'Incremental Sign' 

~ or a 'Change Sign'

~ can also be used to indicate a Cma

http://enterarena.blogspot.sg/2013/01/fractions-ascii-code-quarters-halves.html

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Flat ~ Natural ~ Sharp

[ ♭ ]

flat note [number: ♭]

[ ♮ ]

natural note [number: ♮]

[ ♯ ]

sharp note [number: ♯]

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Music Notes

[ ♩ ]

musical quarter note [number: ♩]

[ ♪ ]

musical eighth note [number: ♪]

[ ♫ ]

musical single bar note [number: ♫]

[ ♬ ]

musical double bar note [number: ♬]

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A Bun Dance ~ by PGA (fONS)

May you be filled with lots of family love in a Bun Dance.

May you be filled with lots of family love in abundance.

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GIF ~ Metronome

Why I Listen to Korean Songs

Currently, Korean Songs are very popular among the masses.

I like Korean Songs because I do NOT understand the Korean Language... and probably never will.

Korean Songs give me the option of listening to my favorite musical instrument... the human voice. Because... for me... if I need to concentrate on something else (for example... while studying or in deep thought)... I cannot listen to English Songs... the lyrics will distract my thinking. The only kind of music I can listen to is instrumental music... and Korean Songs gives me that option because the voice now becomes just like any other musical instrument that have no lyrics. 

Of course... the same can be said of other foreign language songs... but right now I have a good supply of Korean Songs... or should I say "Korean Instrumental Music".

Here below is current news on Korean Songs talking top placings in the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

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Channel News Asia > Home › ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Super Junior, SNSD and 2NE1 take top honours at 2011 MAMA

By Han Wei Chou | Posted: 30 November 2011 0146 hrs

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1168419/1/.html

SINGAPORE: Popular K-pop acts Super Junior, SNSD and 2NE1 took home top honours at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Tuesday (2011 Nov 29).

2NE1 received the award for Best Vocal Performance Group and the Grand Prize for Song of the Year.

"We are very happy to perform at the MAMA awards and are doubly happy that we have received the award for Song of the Year, thank you for your support," said 2NE1 leader CL.

Super Junior walked away with the Grand Prize for Album of the year, Best Male Group award and the Singapore's Choice award, while their SM Entertainment colleagues SNSD (Girl's Generation) picked up the award for Best Female Group, as well as the Grand Prize for Artist of the Year.

"We have to thank our fans for sharing this with us," said SNSD member Tae Yeon, trophy in hand at a press conference following the 2011 MAMA.

Super Junior echoed her sentiments.

"The fans deserve only the best, so we will always try our best," Super Junior's Si Won declared.

Other notable winners at the 2011 MAMA include Korean girl group A pink, who picked up the award for Best New Female Artist, miss A who won the award for Best Dance Performance – Female Group and boy band BEAST who took home the Best Dance Performance – Male Group award.

Korean singer Kim Hyun Joong was named Best Male Artist while the Best Female Artist award went to Baek Ji Young, who also won the award for Best O.S.T.

Explosive performances galore

Broadcast to about 1.9 billion people in 20 countries worldwide, the 2011 MAMA in Singapore was a star-studded affair jam packed with explosive performances from stars like Snoop Dogg and BEAST, but some performances stood out.

The atmosphere at the Singapore Indoor Stadium was electrifying as Koda Kumi wowed the crowds with a rousing performance of her hits "V.I.P" and "Bling Bling Bling".

2NE1's CL kept the crowds going when she performed without her group mates for the first time at the awards ceremony, belting out the Black Eyed Peas' classic "Where is the Love?" with the band's rappers will.i.am and apl.de.ap.

SNSD upped the ante when they performed their latest song "The Boys" and showed off their flashy dance moves on stage while pyrotechnics went off around them.

But the highlight of the evening was definitely Super Junior's performance of "Sorry Sorry", the song that made them famous, with a small army of backup dancers in black suits and sunglasses.

It was a sight to behold, when Super Junior did their iconic "Sorry Sorry" dance together with what looked like a hundred dancers at their back.

-CNA/ha

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HCC Logo (1983) - by PGA

This is "hand drawn" or more accurately 'mouse drawn' in Windows Paint Brush software which is the only drawing software I know. Click HERE to see the original construction of this Logo.
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Created around the year 1983 for the Holy Cross Choir by PGA.

♥ The Bass Clef represents the male voices which are normally small in number.

♥ The Treble Clef represents the female & children voices – they're bigger in number.

♥ The Bass & Treble Clef forms the acronym 'HCC' which is the 'Holy Cross Choir'.

♥ The Logo is left uncoloured due to limitation of its creator who is bad with colours.

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Conductorcise - with Maestro David Dworkin

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Updated: Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 08:21 AM

The video below is no longer.
Try searching YouTube or the Internet with this Title...
Conductorcise ~ by David Dworkin
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Conductorcise+~+by+David+Dworkin

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Original Post: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10:09 AM

Hi All,

Good morning. I just saw this on CNA, Primetime Morning so I searched the internet for more info. I'm sure each of us will be able to take something away for ourselves be it conducting or exercise or both as in 'CONDUCTORCISE'. This YouTube Video has a lot of "action" and "energy".

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Video from YouTube
Conductorcise - with Maestro David Dworkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgawGy3GM_Q
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Conductorcise Web Site
http://www.conductorcise.com/

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Here's an exerpt from Wikipedia
David Dworkin ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dworkin
David Dworkin (b.1934) is an American conductor, clarinetist, and educator. He was Conductor and Artistic Consultant to the PBS Television series, "Grow Old With Me" series, and conducted Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera on CBS Television. He performed with of the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski and with the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, and as a soloist in concerts around the world. He graduated Juilliard School, where he studied clarinet with Daniel Bonade and Robert McGinnis, and conducting with Jean Morel and earned graduate degrees from Columbia University. He now promotes his music-based exercise program Conductorcise, which combines an aerobics workout with basic conducting and listening skills. The program is popular with senior citizens in the United States.

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Hail Mary (Melody) ~ by PGA

Here's the Music Score & Midi of Hail Mary. Please don't feel obliged to use it.

I remember now why I wrote this. When I wrote this, I had meant it to be used as a prayer by those wishing to SING the Rosary, This explains why it's so short coz it was meant to sung 10x each decade. If you loop the Midi File below you may be able to understand what I'm talking about.

Hail Mary (Melody) ~ by PGA.pdf ~ View Download
Hail Mary (Melody) ~ by PGA on Classical Guitar.mid ~ Download

Click on image to enlarge:


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Forever In His Care (Music Excerpt)

Here's an Excerpt of this song
Download

Lyrics:
Forever, Forever, Forever in HIS care!

Billy Tipton ~ Swing Jazz Piano Player

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I just came across an interesting Swing Jazz Piano Player called Billy Tipton. You can read his Bio as you scroll down, but I’d suggest you listen to his music first at these MP3 Links provided here below.

01 what is this thing called love
02 sweet georgia brown
03 don't blame me
04 begin the beguine
05 sit right down and write myself a letter
06 september in the rain
07 bernie's tune
08 take the "A" train
09 under a bucket of love
10 the man i love
11 perfidio
12 willow weep for me
13 can't help lovin' dat man
14 marie
15 delilah
16 these foolish things
17 what'll i do
18 the world is waiting for the sunrise
19 you go to my head
20 christopher columbus
21 begin the beguine
22 if i had you
23 blue skies
24 stars fell on alabama

Above MP3 Links from:
http://www.queermusicheritage.us/feb2003bt.html

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Billy Tipton ~ Bio



Billy Lee Tipton (born Dorothy Lucille Tipton, December 29, 1914 in Oklahoma City – d. January 21, 1989) was an American jazz musician and bandleader who lived as a man for nearly 50 years. ~ An excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tipton

Billy Tipton was born in 1914. He began living as a man full-time by 1940 at age 26, had a career as a jazz and swing pianist and entertainer, a common law marriage (unregistered but publicly accepted), and three sons by adoption. He was discovered to have been female-bodied after he died in 1989 due to a hemorrhaging ulcer (that he refused to have treated). Like many female-to-male transsexuals of this day he did not have genital surgery. ~ An excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender

In 1989, at the age of 74, Tipton had symptoms he attributed to emphysema and refused to call a doctor. In actuality he was suffering from a hemorrhaging peptic ulcer, which, untreated, was fatal. It was while paramedics were trying to save Tipton's life, with son William looking on, that William learned that his father was biologically female. Tipton was pronounced dead at Valley General Hospital. The coroner shared the revelation with the rest of the family. In an attempt to keep the secret, Kitty arranged for his body to be cremated. But one of their sons went public with the story. The first newspaper article was published the day after Tipton's funeral and it was quickly picked up by wire services. Stories about Tipton appeared in a variety of papers including tabloids like National Enquirer and Star, as well as more reputable papers like New York Magazine and The Seattle Times. Tipton's family even made talk show appearances. ~ An excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tipton

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Polyphony ~ Music Definition

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Polyphony
~ is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices

Homophony (Parallel Harmony)
~ is music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords

Monophony
~ is music with just one voice
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Famous Example of Contrapuntal Polyphony
A bar from JS Bach's Fugue No. 17 in A flat. BWV 862.
from Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (Part 1)

You can hear the tune here → Download


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Polyphony ~ Wikipedia
http://www.answers.com/topic/polyphony#
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Music Note Chart ~ Guitar ~ Created by PGA

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This was what I created for myself when I was new to writing, reading & playing music. After awhile, I found I relied on it less and less. I hope this will help you in your quest to read, write & play music.

Click to enlarge for easy reading & to print...

Classical Guitarist ~ Yily Nelson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcGtcpdV3ds

Yily's pop/classical guitar playing masterfully weaves Flamenco lines around the melodies he plays. One glance at the face of any passerby, and it's apparent that their heart has been touched by this up-and-coming balladeer's compositions. Yily (pronounced Jee-Lee) moved with his family from the Dominican Republic to the Bronx. Today, he can be found playing and singing on the A,C & E line at 42nd street (his favorite spot), as well as performing regularly with his four-piece band in New York City clubs. When he's not performing, Yily teaches guitar, violin and piano. He is currently laying the groundwork for his own music school in Manhattan.

Here's a sample:



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Classical Gas ~ by Sungha Jung

(Mason Williams) Classical Gas - Sungha Jung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-210gJ34E



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Music Note Chart ~ Midi, Note Name & Pitch

Midi Number, Scientific Pitch Notation & Frequency

Note that the Bass & Treble Clef are intentionally upside-down to illustrate the Lower & Higher ends of the piano. It's like playing piano from the left-side of the chart. This chart is displayed this way probably due to the incremental nature of either the ‘Midi Number’ or the ‘Note Name’ (also known as ‘Scientific Pitch Notation’) or both, hence the upside-down Bass & Treble Clef. If I have the time, maybe I'll try to plot a chart from the right-side to correct the orientation of the Bass & Treble Clef.

Click on image to enlarge for easy reading...

Music ~ Circle Of Fifths

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C at the top of the circle has no sharps and no flats. Circle right to see which key has how many sharps, and circle counterclockwise to see which key has how many flats. Notice the addition of one accidental for each step taken. The key signature notation next to the letter shows where on the staff these accidentals are placed. Each upper case letter on the outside of the circle corresponds to the key signature, and the lower case, inner circle, letter connected to it denotes that key's relative minor, which of course is written in the same key. It's certainly less complex than this explanation would indicate. You'll notice that as you move clockwise from C to shining C you are traveling in fifths, i.e., G is a fifth to C, D a fifth to G, etc.; and as you travel counterclockwise you circle down in fifths. Even as you continue passed the sharps and into the flats you still travel in fifths ~F# being a fifth to B, and so forth. You'll also remember that you add one accidental for each step in either direction.
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01 ~ Music ~ Circle Of Fifths (wOut Relative Minor)
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02 ~ Music ~ Circle Of Fifths (WITH Relative Minor)
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Howard Levy ~ Harmonica

Howard Levy is the master of the diatonic harmonica & the leading authority of playing the harmonica chromatically. He's also an impeccable pianist and prolific composer. He was originally a member of the well-known fusion jazz group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Howard Levy - Out of the Box - Harmonica DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MtRHq8ERCE

LOVE STORY meets VIVA LA VIDA

This is beautiful. Listen to how the music is layered in & the setting of the mood.

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LOVE STORY meets VIVA LA VIDA
Piano & Cello arr by Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

Hi...Jon Schmidt here. This arrangement is dedicated to Sarah, my 7 year old daughter who loves the song Love Story by Taylor Swift. Because of a common rhythm element between the tunes, I decided I could mish/mash the two. My great friend Steven Sharp Nelson (cello percussion) really makes this tune. The download will be available from my site (http://www.jonschmidt.com/) in a couple of weeks. The entire album which will be titled "Bonus Tracks" will be available on iTunes summer 2009. Sheet music will also be available at my site May 2009. I am an unsigned recording artist and composer.

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Inspired by:
LOVE STORY (Taylor Swift)
VIVA LA VIDA (Coldplay)

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Piano arr by: Jon Schmidt
http://www.jonschmidt.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/carlosian2
All songs from all my albums can be listened to for free on my site. I have transcribed many of them for piano. The first 2 pages of each song can be previewed before purchasing. There are also several free song and sheet music downloads including All of Me PDF and MP3.

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Cello arr by: Steven Sharp Nelson
http://stevensharpnelson.com/

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Tabla Basics

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Simple tabla strokes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol_(music)

Dhaa - A combination of Taa and Ga.

Dhi- This stroke varies with the context. Sometimes it is synonymous with Dhin, which is a combination of Tin and Ga.

Din - This is an older version of Dhin. It is commonly found in compositions which are derived from the pakhawaj.

Ga - A resonant stroke of the left hand while leaving the heel of the hand in contact with the drum.

Gha - Same as Ga.

Ghe - Same as Ga.

Kin - Generally held to be equivalent to Ka.

Ka - This is usually a flat, nonresonant stroke of the left hand. The heel of the hand is left on the drum, while the hand rotates to hit the drum, with the focus of the force being focussed between the tips and first joints of the fingers.

Ki - same as Ka.

Khat - an explosive sounding strike in which the fingers spread out as descending and strike hard on the gub, or central black part of the duggi.

Na - Sometimes this is the same as Ne, sometimes it is the same as Naa.

Naa - A sharp stroke of the right hand, against the keenar, or outer ring of the drum.

Ne - The technique of Ne varies. It is often a nonresonant stroke of the right hand.

Taa - A sharp stroke of the right hand. This stroke is sometimes played the same as Naa.

Thun - Same as Tun.

Ti - This stroke varies with the context. Sometimes it is synonymous with Tin.

Tin - A more mellow stroke of the right hand.

Tr - This is a flam of the right hand.

Tu - Same as Tun.

Tun - An open stroke of the right hand.

Re - a strike played on the smaller drum with the ring finger striking the middle circle, or soor.

Tit - a sharp sounding strike played in the same way as Taa but with the index finger striking hard and not rising from the head.

Ti-Te - Two similar strikes played in the center of the tabla usually used in drumroll type contexts but sometimes used to increase effect of music.

Tirikita - A combination of three bols: Ti-Te, Ka, and Te, played one after the other quickly.

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Colin's Music
Great guy! Great sharing of music learning tools & methods!
http://www.ee.vill.edu/~cdanjo/sitemap.html
http://colin.joye.googlepages.com/
http://web.mit.edu/cjoye/www/index.html
http://web.mit.edu/cjoye/www/music/
http://web.mit.edu/cjoye/www/music/tabla/
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