by David Gleba | Apr 3, 2015 | Concepts in Music
When learning to write music in four-part harmony in root-position, it can seem quite daunting for the novice. There are so many things to avoid: parallel unisons, fifths and octaves; melodic movement by an augmented second or a tritone; awkward leaps, et cetera....
by David Gleba | Jan 6, 2015 | Concepts in Music
I would like to remind you blogees of an all-too- often-forgotten (or altogether-ignored!) concept of elegant musical performance: namely that, in general, DISSONANCES SHOULD BE PLAYED OR SUNG MORE LOUDLY THAN CONSONANCES. This rule applies to MELODIC dissonances on...
by David Gleba | Nov 21, 2014 | Concepts in Music
Most people, including many musicians, believe (or assume) that the surest way to ruin a piece of music is to perform it too SLOWLY, letting it “drag”. In reality, RUSHING through it is usually a far worse crime; an excessively quick tempo tends to rob the music of...
by David Gleba | Oct 28, 2014 | Concepts in Music
I want to enlighten you about the proper use of second inversion triads. That’s right, folks: the much-talked-about six-four chord! Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: it’s DISSONANT, and must be treated as such. Once you get that simple fact through your...
