Instruction

Instruction

One of the things I enjoy most is sharing useful thoughts, skills, ideas and practices. I’ve worn many hats while pursinging my career in music, and am eager to share my knowledge and perspective on many of them.

Music Theory

Fundamentals

Basic Vocabulary: note names, clefs, key signatures, rhythms, time signatures, repeats; Harmonic Series I: sound as it comes from nature, and why certain combinations of notes reinforce one another, and sound pleasing; Intervals: the distance between two notes; Chords: three or more notes at once; Scales: the result of the notes in the 3 primary chords.

Harmony

Chord qualities and construction. Scale qualities and construction. Relative major and minor, and parallel major and minor. Tonic, Dominant and Subdominant regions. Cadences.

Instrumental Technique

Saxophone and Clarinet Method

Single Reed Craft

Music Notation (Engraving)

Using the lilypond language for free and excellent sheet music, as well as prototyping and producing tracks.

Music Engineering

Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering, Streaming.

Mathematics, Physics and Chess

I can always put my education from MIT to use tutoring through college level math and physics.