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Language Transfer

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Feb 1, 2023 • 18min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 21 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

This podcast delves into the layers of music, exploring pitch, time, and melody. It discusses the concept of melody and its components such as pitch and time values. The hosts provide examples to illustrate the interaction of notes and discuss the distinction between melody and rhythm. They explore the concepts of time signature, rhythm, and melody, posing a question about the key of a melody on the piano. They guide the listener through determining the key of D major and emphasize the significance of melody as the essence of a song.
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Sep 12, 2022 • 13min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 20 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

This podcast introduces the Thinking Method and explores the intertwined nature of beat and pitch in music creation. It discusses the meaning of time signature numbers and their significance in determining beat structure. The concept of rhythm and beat in music theory is examined, including patterns, tension, and resolution. The podcast also explores a common rhythmic pattern found in music, with examples from songs by Coldplay and the melonga genre in Argentina and Uruguay.
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Sep 6, 2022 • 14min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 19 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

The podcast explores the relationship between numbers and music and how beat and rhythm play a significant role. It also discusses numerical terms in music theory, dividing beats, and the concepts of beat and rhythm in music. Additionally, it delves into the complexities of tonality, scaling overtones, and pitch variations in music.
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Aug 5, 2022 • 17min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 18 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Exploring beat patterns and time signatures in music, including common time and warts time. Understanding the structure of warts time and the significance of bars in sheet music. Discussing the concept of time in music, including time signature, tempo, and beats per minute. Exploring the impact of time signatures on rhythm and pace in music.
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Aug 1, 2022 • 15min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 17 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Explore the generation of pitches, relationships between overtones, and tension in music. Understand the importance of pitch vibrations and beats in engaging listeners. Discover the significance of beats in music and their relationship to scale degrees. Learn about the dominant fifth, medium beat, and structure of common time in music. Discover the power of beats and rhythm in influencing our bodies and brains.
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Jun 21, 2022 • 19min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 16 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Learn how to find the names of minor and major keys, explore the concept of subdominant and related keys, and build scales on the subdominant and dominant. Discover the number of sharps in different major scales, identify the notes of D major, and think about finding related keys.
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Jun 16, 2022 • 19min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 15 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Exploring major and minor scales, related keys, adding sharps and flats, understanding keys in music theory, scale degrees and the differences between minor and major scales. Keep the Thinking Method disrupting how we think about everything!
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Jun 4, 2022 • 10min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 14 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Learn how to find related keys and scales in music theory using the interval of a perfect fifth. Explore the relationship between A minor, E minor, and G major. Discover how to find the major key using two sharps and the notes of D major. Understand how to determine keys with sharps in music theory by counting imperfect fifths and adding sharps.
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Jun 1, 2022 • 17min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 13 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Explore how music can deeply affect us by shifting our identity and providing transcendent experiences. Understand accidentals and the difference between E-sharp and F notes. Discover the relationship between keys of C-sharp minor and F-sharp minor. Learn about the principles governing notes, chords, and keys in music. Discover different functions of the note E in major and minor keys.
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May 23, 2022 • 18min

Introduction to Music (Theory), Track 12 - Language Transfer & The Thinking Method

Explore the characteristics and significance of supertonic and dominant in major and minor scales. Understand the concepts of tonic and dominant using an excerpt from 'Shinders List' theme tune. Learn about degrees and intervals in major and minor scales. Explore the role of the median as the third degree of a scale and its function as a mediator between the tonic and dominant. Discuss notes, chords, and perspective in music theory, including the concept of supratonic in the key of E.

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