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Music Theory, Notation & Performance

Learn to Play Chopsticks


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Be Kind to Your Body

Ergonomics

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Piano & Audio Technology

Tech Tips for Musicians

Music Theory, Notation & Performance

Italian Tempo Terms

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Click the button to access a glossary of tempo markings used in classical music.  It defines Italian tempo markings with a range of bpm (beat per minute). 

Tempo Terminology

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Free blank music notation paper from MakingMusicFun.net

Free Manuscript Paper

Circle of Fifths

Printable Blank Manuscript Paper

Circle of Fifths

Click the button to access an 8.5" x 11" poster of the Circle of Fifths with mnemonics to remember the order of sharps and flats in key signatures.  This tool helps you see the key center (tonic) for a piece of music based on the key signature, and helps you compose music. To read more about the relationships between the keys, visit:  MusicCrashCourses

Circle of Fifths Poster

Be Kind to Your Body

How to Cut Your Fingernails

How to Cut Your Fingernails

How to Cut Your Fingernails

 This video is an excellent tutorial on how to cut your fingernails if you are a pianist or string player.  Although this is part of the Gentleman's Gazette series, it works for women musicians, too.

Body Kindness: Groom Your Nails

Aikido Wrist Exercises

How to Cut Your Fingernails

How to Cut Your Fingernails

Musicians can be susceptible to repetitive stress injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome and  stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger).  Doing these wrist exercises before, during, and after practice will help keep your tendons elongated and supple.

Body Kindness: Aikido Wrist Exercises

Ergonomics

How to Hold a Pencil

 Writing music by hand requires fine motor skills and hand positions that are similar to playing  piano (rounded, relaxed hand). There is a correct way to hold a pencil and paper when you write, and there's a wrong way.  Good penmanship is is an important skill for composers so others can read the music you write.

Ergonomics: Penmanship

Piano & Audio Technology

Piano Pedals

Click  "Piano Pedals" to read more about the different pedals you may find on a piano.


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Piano Pedals

Tech Tips for Musicians

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

From any Office application, click the Insert tab and select Symbol. In the Symbol window select the Font:    Segoe UI Symbol


In the Character Code field, type: 1d100

This is the symbol for a bar line. Scroll down the list from here to see more music notation symbols.  Click the button below for more details from Microsoft user support forum.

Insert Music Symbols in Microsoft Office Files

Insert Music Symbols Into Google Docs & Slides

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

1. Click on the “Insert” menu.

2. Select “Special characters”

3. Search for the hex number. (2669-266F)

4. Click on symbol to insert. 


2669 = ♩        266A = ♪       

266B = ♫      266C = ♬       

266D  = ♭      266E = ♮        

266F = ♯

Convert MP3 (Audio) to MP4 (Video) Files

Insert Music Symbols Into Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

Convert MP3 (Audio) to MP4 (Video) Files

If you make recordings of your music as MP3  audio files, you can't upload them  to YouTube until you turn them into video files.  Click here for a list of  YouTube-Supported file formats. 


YouTube accepts MP4 files.  filecoverto.com offers a really easy, online MP3 to MP4 file converter that allows you to embed a JPG or PNG photo onto the video portion of the file.

Convert MP3 to Video

Learn to Play Chopsticks

Chopsticks

 You don't have to be able to read music to play this popular beginning piano piece.  Make sure you use a round rock hand and play on your fingertips.  Download the easy-read "music" below, and view the videos for Chopsticks Theme A and Theme B on YouTube. 

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last page update:  10 MAR 2022


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