Articulation in music means the same as it does in speech — speaking (playing) distinctly so that each word (note) can be understood clearly.
Listen to the difference between good art

Every melody you can think of is either a broken chord, a scale fragment, or a pattern. There are no other possibilities — so learn to recognize those 3 when you see them.
Why?

It is important to realize that all of music has many basic elements in common. Genres, styles or fads in music make it seem like it’s a “new world”, but as Solomon observed some 3000 years ago,

It is important to realize that all of music has many basic elements in common. Genres, styles or fads in music make it seem like it’s a “new world”, but as Solomon observed some 3000 years ago,

Articulation in music means the same as it does in speech — speaking (playing) distinctly so that each word (note) can be understood clearly.
Listen to the difference between good art

All musicians need to know the order of the sharps and flats for a variety of reasons, mostly related to “court sense” or key orientation. Before you say “I know all that stuff”, you might think

A brief podcast on how to use non-harmonic tones as “tension builders” — also known as “appoggiaturas”. They create a sense of tension which is then quickly resolved by moving from the non-harmo

For any minor chord you can substitute a dominant 7th an interval of a 5th lower. You may not choose to do so, but at least it gives you another possibility to choose from.
For example, if h

A suspension (in popular music at least) is where the 4th takes the place of the 3rd in a chord. For example, in the C chord the 3rd is E. If I replace that E with an F, I have a suspension. Usual

A canon is not something you aim at the enemy, but a musical form used by many composers over the years that you should be aware of. Most of us sang canons in elementary school music — we knew t