Majokdit

Interests in musicology, creative writing, investing, and trading (crypto included)

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Writing Music on a Grand Staff, for Piano, Other Keyboards and Pipe Organ

This is a beginning tutorial for the music notation software called MuseScore 3 [ download here ], which is useful for writing and printing songs and music parts for various instruments, in score fo...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Cantus Firmus, Part 4: Modal Jazz, and Early Music

Links to related essays: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | and Modal Music Explained Modal jazz, and early music origins Today we discuss literally the ups and downs of modal “scales” as they relat...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

The Counterpoint "Game" - Part 3

CANTUS FIRMUS: PART 3 - Link to Part 4 Balance, Melodic Tension, Repetition, Beginnings and Endings: This is a continuation of the two previous essays [see link one and link two ], and an ongo...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

The Counterpoint "Game" - Part 2

Tempo, Direction, Conjunct vs. Disjunct, Skips and Leaps - Variety! The following material is the second pictorial essay which, like the first essay , has been repurposed from and largely based on...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

The "Game" of Counterpoint: A Tutorial on CANTUS FIRMUS

The following material is repurposed and largely extracted from a scripted slide show I researched, wrote and presented in video form, approximately five years ago. A comprehension of how to create a...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Modal Moods: Dorian Mode

Back in the 1950s the British musicologist Deryck Cooke wrote a book about musical expression and communication, in which he presented many fascinating details about how music functions as a universa...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

Modal Music Explained

“DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO” (sung ascending) “DO TI LA SOL FA MI RE DO“ (sung descending) In much music, the “DO” note is placed at the top and bottom of the seven-note scale from which are derived...

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@Majokdit · 2 years ago

"It's an Amazing Psychological Phenomenon"

If you've ever enjoyed watching and laughing at the 1980s films "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (I and II), set mostly in the South African country of Botswana, you may recognize the quote in the title. The...

1 likes · 0 comments · Just Write (e5e5)

@Majokdit · 2 years ago

An Empire Striking Back?

As I have been thinking about these two kings this holiday weekend, I thought to share my musings with readers on this site. The two kings I have in mind are 1) King Kong, the “Eighth Wonder of the Wo...

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