- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Tommy Emmanuel Uploads Guitar Instructional Videos for Free on YouTube
The great guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel has uploaded his instructional videos onto YouTube: Guitar Talk Up Close Emmanuel Labor The...
- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
FREE PDF: The Rule of the Octave in all Keys for Piano
Become better at Partimento with this handy PDF for piano that contains the Rule of the Octave in all 3 positions and all Major and Minor...
- Jan 23, 2020
- 5 min
How did Django Reinhardt Learn Music?
In Barry Harris' acceptance speech for his Bruce Lundvall Visionary Award on January 13, 2020, he paid tribute jazz pianist Bud Powell...
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
Barry Harris is awarded the Bruce Lundvall Visionary Award
Talking about Jazz Education: "Most of the schools I don't agree with in the first place. 'Cause they start talking about different ...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Vasili Byros Interview
Nikhil talks to Professor of Music Theory and Music Cognition, Professor Vasili Byros about the long 18th century, Music Schema Theory...
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
CNN Opinion: Classical music is Dying
Improvising Classical Concert Pianist Charlie Albright comments on the state of Classical music. "Classical music," in its...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Partimento students used to all sing and play the Keyboard. Should we do so today?
According to the Peter Pullman biography of Bud Powell, Wail, a common maxim among Bebop musicians was that if you could hum something,...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 1 min
Joseph Curiale Q&A at SAS
Dr. Joseph Curiale answers questions from students at the Singapore American School.
- Jan 5, 2020
- 1 min
Henrik Jensen and David Dolan Interview about Improvisation Research
Research suggests that improvising music is more fun and engaging for both the performer and the audience. Nikhil chats with Professors...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 1 min
Giorgio Sanguinetti gets Wikipedia Page
Professor Giorgio Sanguinetti, the author of the first monograph of Partimento, "The Art of Partimento" has now a page of his own on...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 1 min
Free PDF of Dr. Flavio Ferri-Benedetti's translation of a 17th century music counterpoint manuscript
Dr. Flavio Ferri-Benedetti has recently completed a freely available PDF of a translation of an Anonymous "Regole di canto figurato,...
- Nov 30, 2019
- 1 min
The Italian Method of Solfeggio
Nikhil talks to Professor of Music Theory and History, Dr. Nicholas Baragwanath, about the Italian method of Solfeggio which is radically...