Purpose of a Time Signature Part 2 – Analyzing Compound Time

So in my previous article, I discussed what simple time signatures are and attempted to help you find ways not to just understand the theoretical definitions, but truly understand how each time signature sounds and feels. (If you would like to  review the previous article, then click here.) In Part Two here, I will be … Read more

The Value of Learning Music Theory

From time time, there has been the argument that to play the piano, you don’t really need to learn to read the music and you certainly don’t need to understand music theory. To a certain extent this argument is actually valid but my question would be “Why would you not want to understand what is … Read more