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The cellist cleverness

DanLisMusic Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

“The cellist cleverness” gathers a few fancy considerations on the various clefs for use with bowed instruments.

Newzik – Sheet Music Reading App

DanLisMusic Posted on September 13, 2018January 19, 2019

Newzik is a sheet music reading app that surprised me in its depth of features and ease of use.

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Zekai Liu – Enigma

DanLisMusic Posted on October 13, 2017

Zekai Liu’s work Enigma is a racing whirlwind of rhythm and the A blues scale.

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Sight Reading App

DanLisMusic Posted on September 25, 2017

Hi All, Try out the app “Treble Cat” on your device’s App Store! It is a fun way to learn the notes on the treble clef. Treble Cat I was introduced to this sight reading app by a family member, and I think those of us who teach kids (or want to learn as adults) […]

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The social impact of music – Héctor Mendoza

hecmen Posted on August 13, 2017

“Music is the only way to the transcendent.”

But why use music as a tool?

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Steven Maheu’s Elements of Creative Force – Part 5

DanLisMusic Posted on April 24, 2017

Hi All, Here is another image from Steven Maheu’s Elements of Creative Force. This explains how different elements can be contrasting or complementary to one another. We use the relationships between each number and another number to define if the two numbers are contrasting, or complementary. This only applies when using the same color. (We […]

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Steven Maheu’s Elements of Creative Force – Part 4

DanLisMusic Posted on April 8, 2017

Before we proceed with this post, it is worth noting that there have been some small changes in Steven Maheu’s main Elements of Creative Force document. The updated document can be found here: Today’s post is going to be short on my end, because Steven has devised an exercise for you to try, using the […]