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Music Theory

Music Theory 101 — The Treble Clef — from ilearnmusic.com

This video will show you the basics of reading music using the treble clef. It is the first video in a series to be posted on ilearnmusic.com

How to read music

I use iGoogle mostly for the calendar feature, but I’ve enabled several of the other features, including a daily “How-to.” Today, we learn how to read music and how to save money (the two are, in many cases, closely related skills). My favorite, from a few weeks back was How to fold a towel monkey.

So in my effort to review things about music that the general public may happen across, I offer my review of WikiHow’s How to read music.

The introduction makes a compelling case for learning how to read music:
It’s certainly possible to play music without being able to read it, just as it’s possible to be able to speak without being able to read or write. In both cases, the person who cannot read or write is missing out on an opportunity to comprehend and communicate better. Learning to read sheet music can improve your grasp of music theory, enable you to play music you’ve never heard before, and allow you to more easily relate your musical ideas to others. The skill can take a while to master, but the basics are laid out for you here.

The site thus does not claim to be comprehensive, although the listing of clefs, the first item to be mastered, suggests otherwise. I certainly agree that the treble and bass are the two most common, and the author(s) explain their function clearly, but why scare the beginner away by listing eight additional clefs? It is possible to go through one’s entire musical career without knowing how to read C clefs, and in all of my years of teaching,…

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Musical Determinism in Action: Speed Territory Dictates that which is Emoted – Frank Sinatra – "Witchcraft" – Speed, Beats and Lyrics & Foxytunes Link

The song breaks down as below. This is a manner in which you can follow the performance lines on the speed graphs -
1-16 – instrumental introduction;
17-19 – Those
20-23 – fingers in my hair, That
24-27 – sly come hither
28-32 – stare
33-35 – That strips my conscience
36-39- bare, It’s
40 -47- witchcraft!
48-51 – And I’ve got
52-55 – no defense for it,
56-59 – The heat is
60-64- too intense for it.
65-67 – What good would
68-71 – common sense for it
72-79 – do? ‘Cause it’s
80-83 - witchcraft,
84-87 -Wicked
88-92 – witchcraft,
93-96 – And al-
97-99 – though I
100-103 – know it’s strictly
104-111 – taboo!
112- 115 – When you a-
116-119 – rouse the need in me,
120-123 My heart says
124-127 - yes indeed in me,
128-131 – Proceed with what
132-135 you’re leading me
136-143- to!
144-147 – It’s such an
148-151 – ancient pitch,
152-155 – But one I
156-159 – wouldn’t switch,
160-163 – ‘Cause there’s no
164-167 nicer witch than
168-207 - you!

208-211 – ‘Cause it’s witchcraft,
212-215 – That crazy
216-223 – witchcraft, And al-
224-227 – though I
228-231 – know it’s strictly ta-
232-239 – boo!
240-243 – When you a
244-247 rouse the need in me,
248-251 – My heart says
252-255 – yes indeed in me,
256-259 – Proceed with
260-271 what your leading me to…
272-275 – It’s such an
276-279 – ancient pitch,
280-283 – But one that I would
284-287 – never switch,
288-291 – ‘Cause there’s no
292-295 – nicer witch than
296-320 - you!”

(emphasis added)
lyrics courtesy of foxytunes.com

Meanspeed Music Summary, calibrated by Hunter Newman, supervised by James Manning -
song=”Witchcraft”
performer=Frank Sinatra
total time=1,494.87 seconds
beats counted =2,880
beats per trial=320
mean time per trial=116.1 seconds
mean speed=115.6 beats per minute
average beat=0.519 seconds
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=foreboding.
mean slow phase=1.93 cycles per second
recording source=iTunes
Sample Rate=256 kbps
album=Classic Sinatra – His Great Performances. 1953-1960

recording company=© 2000, Capital Records, Inc.
Kind=Purchased AAC audio file
Size=5.8 MB
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
corresponding pitch=493.2 hertz, ≤Bb4 , ≥C5 – an excellent article about this appears at -
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-64509/tuning-and-temperament.

In order to enter the speed into your iTunes player, simply – though Apple is not talking about speed -YET-

highlight the song -

press Command/I on Windows, apple/I on mac, where upon doing that the screen below will emerge -


tough part here -put the cursor in the BPM box, type in the bpm which in iTunes and most players is properly rounded off to the whole number, as 115.6 beats per minute becomes 116 -

Close and you can create lists as -

Voila!

The best on the web have seen for information about The Chairman is found FoxyTunes.com -

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. Many critics place him alongside Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and The Beatles as one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century. Sinatra launched a second career as a dramatic film actor, and became admired for a screen persona distinctly tougher than his smooth singing style. Sinatra also had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye, and as “The Chairman of the Board” became an American icon, known for his brash, sometimes swaggering attitude, as embodied by his signature song “My Way”. more…

[via FoxyTunes / Frank Sinatra]

and

http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/frank_sinatra#/track/witchcraft

All speed graphs © 2007, meanspeed music

James C.C. Manning
John St. Paul Newman
Sarah Jane Bristol
Sophia Newman
June 20. 2008