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For a long time, in popular music, a bootleg has been an unauthorised copy of some music. That would include unauthorised concert recordings, copies of masters stolen from record company archives, or …

To understand what an accidental is, you must first understand what a key signature is. That is answered at: What is a key signature? .. but briefly, a key signature is a set of markings telling yo …

It's important to understand that what many people call a "keyboard" or a "synthesiser" is two elements connected together: an input device (the keyboard) and a sound generator (a synthesiser). Veloc …

In pop/rock music, the commonest terms are: Intro - a part that leads into the main part of the song Verse - you know what a verse is Chorus - you know what a chorus is Bridge - sometimes called a M …

It's logical that it's possible to quantify the timing. If you record the pattern as you want to hear it, and compare it to a metronome, you can make confident statements such as "the third and fourth …

A chord progression specifies a series of chords, and when they are played: | C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | G | F | C | C | A chord progression doesn't tell you how to play the chords, only what …

Another, perhaps easier way of thinking of this, is to just recognise that with a diatonic set of notes, such as the notes in C major, there are 7 scales you can play. In the list below, I include th …

An interval is the difference between two pitches regardless of whether they are played together or one at a time. A chord is a combination of notes played simultaneously. Just to confuse matters, s …

It is so called because B♭ is the 7th note of the C dominant scale (also known as the Mixolydian scale). The 5th is known as the dominant, because it is the "most important" interval (among other thi …

I would say the phrase "not at concert pitch" is the closest to being accurate and widely understood. Or, if you want to allow for those recordings that are close enough to play along to, "not close t …

Do-re-mi-etc. is "sol-fa" or "solfege". Sol-fa represents a major scale, with Do being the first note, Re being the second, and so on. I'm sure you can sing that scale. The A-G note names are absol …

I think the first definition of accidental I found on Google is correct: A sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note. Hence the sharp and flat sy …

In many live music contexts, musicians have the problem of hearing themselves clearly. Typically when playing loud, musicians are positioned behind the main speakers (heard by the audience) to avoid f …