Author: billjonesmusicstudio
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2026 Vocal #1
This piece began with an impromptu vocal and keyboard performance, without a specific beat or drum. To find the tempo, I used the keyboard’s MIDI recording. Then, I created “bounce” copies, which muted the original tracks. Next, I transcribed the voice from audio to MIDI. This is quite a detailed process. After that, I soft…
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MusicXML Elements
MusicXML Elements Reference This document is a structured reference to the principal MusicXML 3.x elements used to encode Western common-practice notation. See https://www.musicxml.com/ for details. Terminology follows standard musicological usage (note values, meter, pitch classes, articulations, etc.). Examples emphasize attribute variability such as rhythmic value, duration, and notation modifiers. This is not a verbatim schema listing; rather,…
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Musical Analysis Categories
This study guide presents eleven fundamental categories of music analysis. Each category functions as a conceptual entry point, though mature analyses typically integrate multiple approaches for comprehensive understanding. Form and Structure (Structural–Formal Analysis – Examines the large-scale organization of a musical work, how sections, phrases, and formal functions relate over time to create coherence. Pitch Organization…
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Musical Form
1. SECTIONAL FORMS (Based on Contrast and Repetition) One-Part Form (A) A single, unified section with no substantial internal contrast. Common in short character pieces, preludes, or folk melodies. Binary Form (AB or AA-BB) Two distinct sections. Covered in your document. Common variants include simple binary and rounded binary (where B concludes with A material). Ternary Form…
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Music Composition – Voice Lead
This is an example of using your voice to improvise the basis of a song. This started out as an improvise on piano. As you can see, the improvise was NOT strict metronome, but was fairly even despite not having a click to follow. The lane “MODX” was the original recording, live MODX sound, then…
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MusicXML (Scales)
For educational purposes, Let’s create a MusicXML file that represents a D major scale (starting on D4 (near middle C), go up two octaves and then back down two octaves), put a “repeat” symbol at the end, and then use the lyrics from the “Star Spangled Banner” as insert capability for the <lyric> element. After…
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LLM Music Symbology
You got to see this! I asked this question to a popular LLM: “If you had to describe musical terminology, such as Rhythm, Meter, and Tempo (Grave, Andante, Largo, Allegro, Adagio, Vivace, Moderato and Presto), how would you do it? What type of LLM symbology would you use to represent these terms?“ I would approach this…
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Recording Workflow
This is a short tutorial about my recording workflow. Hopefully it gives a feeling of how I try to go straight into recording with no distractions caused by the software or the hardware. Objective Media Steps Set File Name and Template a means Acoustic Guitar as the chord structure starting point v means voice and…