Music Calculator

What happens is that with tonic stability, your brain locks onto root note. Other notes feel as though they are orbiting around this center. But … Read more

Melody is a mysterious thing for most songwriters, yet a professional arranger need to think in terms of concrete geometry. You may be missing an … Read more

In fact, you may hear piece of music where melody seems to walk along and then all of a sudden, with no warning it jumps. … Read more

Lyrics are words that you think are perfect as they stand in your head, until you set them to music and find they don’t fit … Read more

If you attempt to count the note during your own practice session, you might struggle to accurately count them while singing a vocal run. It … Read more

In other words, you write a full sounding, complete verse, only to have it fail because of melody. Then the words push up against beat, … Read more

The perfect fifth is defined as having seven semitones which most musicians is aware of. However, that’s where the definition ends. Beyond being a measure … Read more

Before the chorus come, the band holds a chord, then the drummer rolls and everything locks into place. It’s like math disguised as feeling. Know … Read more

There’s likely been times where you’ve heard a drum loop with all of its notes aligned yet it still sounds just not quite right. More … Read more

Too many times you land on something that feels tight but empty or maybe it feels full but there’s just too much going on. More … Read more

When you open up the score and try to play melody, it’s complicated, hard to decipher, and when you come to play it, there is … Read more

That said: The most treacherous point in a song is the instant leading up to the drop; you’re holding tension there for minutes, even hours, … Read more

When you finally drop the bass and it doesn’t feel quite right, that’s when the panic sets in. You hear that snare crack and that … Read more

There’s also that moment where you’re five bars out from the drop and you’re still on a flat riser and you freak out. That tension … Read more

It’s two in the morning and you’re standing in the studio. Everything’s going great. The rhythm section are locked in. The hook sounds good. Then … Read more