Did You Know: Interesting Piano Facts
The piano has been an established musical instrument in homes and concert halls around the world for decades. It is popular because of its accessibility … Read more
Dr Justin Wildridge
How To Compose Your Own Music
Perhaps I could begin by saying that there is no single, right way to compose your own music. Nothing other than your ambitions dictates how … Read more
How To Compose Music – Music Composition and Theory
In many respects, there are no hard and fast rules that dictate how you compose music. You certainly do not need to have formally studied … Read more
7 Pieces of Fast-Paced Classical Music You Must Own
Classical music comes in many different and diverse styles. From the Medieval to the present day, music covers a huge range of exciting composers and … Read more
Diatonic Harmony – Music Composition and Theory
The word ‘diatonic’ can be used to describe both scales and harmony. Scales are considered to be a series of single notes moving either up … Read more
Musical Composition for Beginners To Practice More Effectively
Musical Composition for Beginners Musical composition is a slightly odd area of musical study in as much as it usually requires a method of notation … Read more
Composing Music Without Instruments – Music Composition and Theory
It is not uncommon to see images of composers of the past sitting proudly beside their harpsichords, organs or pianos with manuscript paper littered around … Read more
6 Classical Music Remixes Should Play In Your Playlist
The ‘mash-up’ and the ‘re-mix’ are now commonplace terms in the English language. Hard as it may be to believe, Classical music is not immune … Read more
5 Pieces of Classical Music Inspired by the Sounds of Nature
In my experience, as a performing musician and especially as a composer, it is almost impossible not to draw some inspiration from the sounds of … Read more
Chord Modulation – Music Composition and Theory
The idea of many tonal pieces of music, or compositions that are written in a given ‘key’, is for the composer to ‘modulate’ during the … Read more
The 5 Great Pieces of 20th Century Classical Music
This period in western Classical musical history includes an almost bewildering range of music that cannot be considered in its entirety in this brief article. … Read more
How Long Does It Take to Learn the Piano?
This question is one that could be asked of many instruments and the answer is almost always another question. To what standard? The piano, as … Read more
5 Methods of Learning Piano for Beginners
To learn an instrument, whether piano or another instrument does not have one universal approach or method. There are often similarities between teaching and learning … Read more
The Art of Composing Music
Music like painting, sculpture, dance, literature and theatre are all vital members of the family we broadly title The Arts. The ‘art’ of musical composition … Read more
Counterpoint – Music Composition and Theory
When we are describing music there are often several categories of description that are commonly used. These include but are not limited to, melody, harmony, … Read more