Analysis of the Super Mario 2 overworld theme. It's full of stylistic quotes from early jazz piano history!

https://youtu.be/5iH_rrY3rB0

#cosomusic #musictheory

16 Ways Chopin Transformed Piano Playing (ft. Garrick Ohlsson)

https://youtu.be/1DUdMi27qWg

#cosomusic #cosoclassical #musictheory

Sabrina Carpenter > Taylor Swift

Vocal skill, song structure, lyrics, and production: It's not even close.

#cosomusic #musictheory

This is EARTH SHATTERING news for the #musicproduction world. All of my fellow composers and arrangers out there: you need to see this.

https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-ends-development-and-availability-of-finale/

#cosomusic #musicians #musictheory #cosoclassical

This isn't really a cover; it's a complete reimagining. You may never think of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence the same way again.

Watch his explanation first before you listen to the performance.

S:t Jacobs Ungdomskör - Workshop with Eric Whitacre: Enjoy the Silence
https://youtu.be/Ro8PPimKHTE

Enjoy the Silence (arr. Whitacre)
Eric Whitacre Singers
https://youtu.be/JHb2kcpwlrc

#cosomusic
#cosochoral
#cosoclassical
#musictheory

Memory for music doesn’t diminish with age

Eighty-year-olds are able to identify familiar tunes just as well as teenagers can.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02369-7
#cosomusic #musictheory

Well that was a bit of a process, but I finally got our AI assistant to the correct answer on an advanced college-level #musictheory question.

Yet another music publisher who doesn't proofread before going to print.

And yes, I'm getting a jump on winter holiday stuff. Making practice tracks for fall semester.
#musictheory

@Alfred Where in a chord progression would be the most effective place to use in Neapolitan 6th chord?

#musictheory

Mildly NSFW #cosoclassical humor. A little #musictheory as well.

Guitarists: you're going to want to see this.

Jacob Collier demonstrates his custom 5-string acoustic and electric guitars and his unusual approach to the instrument.

https://youtu.be/WknTbYOet4c

#cosomusic #musictheory

This is HUGE!!!

#musictheory and #musicproduction nerds, start your engines: Ableton has created another interactive educational site, this one on tuning systems. It has widgets where you can edit the code directly in the browser to create sequences in any existing tuning or your own custom one, and export to a Live set. I've only just gone through the site once, and I'm blown away.

https://tuning.ableton.com/

Double accidentals shouldn't exist anymore. They were a dumb idea in the first place.
#musictheory

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Cosonauts! Want to learn about what makes your favorite music tick?

Here are some of my favorite #musictheory educational websites.

Go forth, and analyze!

https://muted.io
https://twominutemusictheory.com
https://utheory.com
http://openmusictheory.com​
http://tobyrush.com/theorypages​
https://www.lightnote.co​
http://www.musictheory.net​
http://www.teoria.com​
http://www.tonesavvy.com​
https://learningmusic.ableton.com​
http://www.dolmetsch.com​
https://blogs.iu.edu/jsomcomposition/music-notation-style-guide/

#cosomusic​

(Updated Nov 1, 2023)

Another plainchant from the Codex Astlensis Ricardus has just been discovered.

#cosomusic #cosochoral #musictheory

I found this years ago and just rediscovered it. SO awesome.

A pipe organ tribute to Michael Jackson performed at Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC. You'll hear a few different themes, but I especially like the fugue on 'ABC'.

https://youtu.be/teRNPr7bZtY

#cosomusic
Also gets #cosoclassical and #musictheory tags because of the compositional techniques used.

I did a little investigation tonight involving playing with an excellent free Oberheim synth plug-in I found. Learned some interesting things. Thread and results here:

https://counter.social/@voltronic/110986894934445186

#cosomusic #musicproduction #musictheory

I don't know how many Van Halen fans have ever seen this video, but it has bothered me for years that the poster of this video and all the people in the comments assumed Eddie was out of tune, when in reality the synth part is playing in (almost) C-sharp Major while Eddie and Wolfgang are correctly playing in C Major.

I believe they used a recorded synth part, and there was a sample rate mismatch somewhere in the chain which could cause this.

https://youtu.be/LCIyeXn1sKQ

#cosomusic #musictheory

Here is a modern version of a Mensuration Canon, where the same melody is played simultaneously at different speeds by augmenting or diminishing note values proportionally. In this case, many different rates at the same time. Otherwise, it's just a descending a natural minor scale, played on alternating short and long note values.

Arvo Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Paavo Järvi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KImKBJ1jQfU

#CoSoMusic
#CoSoClassical
#musictheory