Finding The Motivation Motivic Development What Makes A Musical Motive? A musical motive (sometimes motif) is the smallest...

Voice Leading or Chorale Writing What Is Voice Leading? Voice Leading, also called Part Writing or Chorale Style Writing, is...

Exploring Harmony Through Real Music Beginnings in The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a historical artistic period in Europe that...

Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...

Bringing the Baroque into the 21st Century What is Counterpoint? Counterpoint refers to an argument, idea, or theme used to create a...

5 Baroque and Classical Composer Biopics Music and movies have gone together since the earliest days of cinema. Silent films were...

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Modernist Composer, Music Educator, Ethnomusicologist, and Mother Before we get into our Mother's Day themed post,...

5 Inspiring Black Composers The Beginnings of Black History Month In the U.S. and Canada, February is Black History Month, an annual...

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: The Late Period (1815 to 1827) In this three part series, we are learning...

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: The Middle Period (1801 to 1814) In this three part series, we are learning...

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: Early Period (1770 to 1800) Today, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of...

This week, we celebrate mothers of all kinds on Mother's Day. This year Mother's Day happened to fall on May 10, which is also the date...