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76How (Not) To: Two Cheap Facelifts For Used Wood Dressers
Refreshing tired dressers can be easier and faster than you might think--and can deliver great value. Here's a case study!
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72Global Warming Science In The Age Of Washington And Jefferson: William Charles Wells
Some argue that greenhouse warming is thermodynamically impossible. But observations and experiments going back as much as 350 years tell a different story. Among the first to study radiation in the atmosphere was an unassuming Scots-English doctor, William Charles Wells, of Charleston, South Carolina. This is his story.
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75Part-writing Chords: Minor Keys II
This, the second of two Hubs on part-writing in minor keys, teaches useful voice-leading patterns for writing mediant, sub-mediant, and sub-tonic triads. Tricks, traps, and practice questions to build your skill!
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80Part-writing In Minor Keys I
Part-writing in minor keys, the sixth in a series of Hubs on the skill of part-writing, looks at issues and common voice-leading patterns in writing root-position tonic, dominant, subdominant, and supertonic triads in minor keys. Each example is given as a video, so that it can be heard as well as read, and practice questions help build skill.
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79Working In Rictameter
A set of "rictameter variations" tracing a day on the job, in 'picture book' format. Terse and unsentimental, yet playful.
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84Part-writing Chords: Mediant and Submediant I
The triads built upon scale degrees 3 and 6--the mediant and submediant chords--are the least common but also the most colorful diatonic triads. Learn (and practice) their common patterns of usage here!
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76Strange Days Again: Remembrance And The Doors' Sophomore Album
Music and memory intertwine: The Doors' most innovative album, "Strange Days," analyzed and remembered. What it was, is, and why it mattered so much to me.
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82Part-writing Chords: Supertonic I
Learn to use the 'ii' chord in true Classical style with essential concepts, practice exercises, and audio-video examples. This fourth Hub in Doc Snow's series on part-writing teaches you proper doubling and voice-leading, highlights "root motion by third," and basic chord substitution.
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78Part-writing Chords: Subdominant I
Third in a series, this Hub examines the use of the subdominant chord--the "IV chord"--in traditional ("common-practice") harmony, giving practice exercises. Topics discussed include the IV chord's function and part-writing, parallel fifths and octave, similar fifths and octaves, and the use of incomplete triads.
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74Part-Writing Chords: Tonic And Dominant I (Exercises)
A companion to "Part-Writing Chords: Tonic And Dominant I," this Hub consists of practical exercises to build skill in part-writing tonic and dominant chord connections. Get to know I-V-I in many different keys and different voice leadings, one click at a time! Includes chart of vocal ranges.
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