
Teaching Videos
Minor Third Down – Song Beginnings
Be wary of internet searches that lead you to believe that the descending minor third at the beginning of a song means the song is

Be wary of internet searches that lead you to believe that the descending minor third at the beginning of a song means the song is

It’s a fair question… after all, we learn to identify which key a piece of music is in, and we carefully think about functions of

Well, yes, BUT: there is a crucial difference to understand…. and that difference lies in chord functions. It is all in how notes relate to

A reader on Quora requested my answer to this question: Read Ariane Cap‘s answer to Why are there only 12 keys in music? on Quora

Finding the Key to the Key… How do you know what key a piece of music is in? Great question that I get a lot.