What Instruments Are Used In Vallenato?
This is a true cultural voyage of discovery that asks us to travel to the rarest of countries, Columbia. If you listen to music from … Read more
Dr Justin Wildridge
Perfect vs Imperfect Authentic Cadences: What’s The Difference
Cadence in music is a little like cadence in speech. It is not dissimilar to the form of a sentence, just like this one. Human … Read more
Classical vs Popular Music (Differences Between Classical And Popular Music)
In this article, I am going to take a long hard look at the key differences between what broadly can be described as classical and … Read more
What Instruments Did Claude Debussy Play?
If you are not familiar with the music of French composer Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918), I’d like to think you are in for a … Read more
What Instruments Did Chopin Play?
Often the early lives of composers and performers, especially the further back in time we search, is challenging to capture the full set of facts. … Read more
Impressionist Music Characteristics: An Introduction
Like so many artistic movements that have evolved in Western Art Music, Impressionism was an organic extension of what was developing in the fine art … Read more
Characteristics of Claude Debussy Music: An Introduction
Claude Debussy was almost certainly one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th Century. He arrived at a time in musical history … Read more
Characteristics of Country Music: An Introduction
A little like so many genres of music, the title ‘Country Music’, covers a huge selection of sub-genres of music. When thinking about Country Music, … Read more
Characteristics of Baroque Music: An Introduction
In terms of Western Art, the Baroque period followed the Renaissance and is broadly agreed to cover the years from 1600 until around 1750 when … Read more
Formalism In Music – Music Composition and Theory
We enter a weighty, academic world when exploring the title above. It’s a fascinating and consuming aspect of the study of music but one that … Read more
What Instruments Did Tchaikovsky Play?
It feels slightly wrong to simply title this article with the name Tchaikovsky when he properly deserves his full title of Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 … Read more
What Instruments Did JS Bach Play?
Composer and legendary performer JS Bach was by all accounts a remarkable musician. When we look back this far in time it is commonly very … Read more
How Classical Music has Influenced Modern Music
The way I intend to explore this question is both modern in terms of modern classical music and modern popular music. Both genres have evolved … Read more
Classical vs Romantic Music (Differences Between Classical And Romantic Music)
This article is going to give two highly important periods of Western Classical Music a chance to square up to one another and discover how … Read more
Swing vs Straight Rhythm: What’s The Difference?
Rhythm is a vital element of music. It is one that we respond to almost innately whether a pounding techno-beat or a lilting waltz, rhythm … Read more