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Dmitri Shostakovich, Stalin, and government censorship of the arts. It’s all part of the history behind Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony.

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Looking at More Complex Polyrhythms - Music Theory Crash Course

After looking back at the first video I did, I think I should share these other visualizations with you because they might help someone understand what a polyrhythm is besides just looking at one on sheet music. 

Polyrhythms are based on the concept that any note can be broken down into any number of smaller notes - musicians call this subdividing or subdivisions. The idea is that you can take any note and divide it equally into 2 parts, 3 parts, 4 parts, into infinity. And a polyrhythm is created when you play two different subdivisions at the same time. 

My first idea was to use shapes and in the video we look at a few examples using this method. My next idea was to use a simple rectangle, then for however many subdivisions there are, divide the rectangle evenly. 

We listen to some examples of this in the video as well as combining polyrhythms into poly-polyrhythms? Not sure what to call it, but you'll see what I'm talking about at the end of the video.

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It’s time for another music theory video. YAY! So, with Halloween just around the corner I figured we should talk about the different types of minor scales because they seem to be the middle-child of scales when it comes to music education. So, here goes!

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How to build music scales. 🎹

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Special time of year. Read more of the comic here. Check out the sale on some cool music gear here.

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What are the most Googled questions about marching band? I dig deep into the Google machine to find out in the latest Odd Quartet video.

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New art video is up! Any suggestions on what I should call my next Kerbal spaceship?