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Pitch and Hearing beginner question
We say that C and Ḉ are "the same note" because their frequencies (rates of vibration) are in a 1:2 ratio. In other words, the sound waves of Ḉ vibrate twice as fast as those of C, and the ...
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Pitch and Hearing beginner question
Music theory says that notes with the same name are "the same note" even though they are obviously different pitches. When played together, it can sound like a single pitch even though there ...
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Does swaying your head like Stevie Wonder improve your musical hearing?
This post is a couple years old now so don't know if anyone is really checking responses anymore, but wanted to contribute something closer to an answer.
If you notice, he does it even when not ...
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Modes by ear tips and tricks
You can probably recognize the modes as "major-ish" or "minor-ish". Then you can recognize specific modes by how they differ from the regular "major" and "minor&...
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Pitch and Hearing beginner question
is it because music theory says so or is there a scientific reason? (for example, like Li and Na have same-ish properties in the Periodic table.)
Well music theory does say so, but you can ...
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Modes by ear tips and tricks
Check out this question: Does this progression through the modes have a name?
To get familiarity with the modes, don't just play piano white notes C-C then D-D then E-E and so on. Because if you do ...
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