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My Grandfather, the Firefighter
Mr. Griot reviews the key elements to an interview. Then he creates a rough draft paper for the interview he previously conducted with his grandfather. Next, he uses the Proofreading Checklist to edit the paper and create a final draft.
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How Do Rappers Use Pitch?
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A Scale No One's Ever Used Before (Probably?)
Try CuriosityStream free for 30 days: curiositystream.com/12tone and use promo code "12tone" So a while back I decided it'd be fun to try analyzing a random scale just to see what I could find, and I had such a blast with it that I...
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Why Do Notes Have Names?
Note names are weird. Depending on where you studied, you probably refer to notes either with letters or a series of arbitrary-seeming nonsense syllables, but, like, why? Where does that come from, and why do we still use it? Well, I...
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My Brand-New Take On Four-Chord Loops
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14 Essential Scales To Improve Your Musical Vocabulary
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What's The Least Perfect Scale?
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No, Today's Music Isn't Boring (A Response To Rick Beato)
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You're Playing Bach Wrong
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The Secret To Writing A Great Chorus
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What I Got Wrong About Comfortably Numb
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Can You Solve This Musical Puzzle?
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Understanding Uptown Girl
There's been a lot of words written about "simple" pop, and Billy Joel has long been a posterboy for that debate, but honestly, it takes a lot of skill to make good music that still sounds good, and Joel is a perfect example of that....
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The 7 Levels Of Vocal Harmony (feat. A Capella Science)
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How One Instrument Defined A Generation
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Hip Hop's Greatest Invention
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The Mystery Of The Phantom Chord Progression
Sometimes chords aren't quite what they seem. Try CuriosityStream free and get Nebula included'http://www.curiositystream.com/12tone' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>included and use promo code "12tone" Modern harmony is based in part...
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Understanding Behind Blue Eyes
Is this really the first 12tone video about The Who? Geez, I really should've got on that sooner. Anyway, The Who were one of the most influential bands in the 70s rock scene, bringing a level of virtuosity to their playing that few of...
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The Chord That's Made Of Everything
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The Surprising Enemy Of Good Songwriting
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Understanding Heart-Shaped Box
When it came time to write the follow-up album to Nevermind, Nirvana decided they were done playing games. In Utero is a hard-hitting, vulnerable, angry, noisy, personal album, one that couldn't care less about marketability, and one of...
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I Fixed Music's Least Important Problem
Try CuriosityStream free and get Nebula included'http://www.curiositystream.com/12tone' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>included and use promo code "12tone" So there's this thing that's been bugging me for about a decade now. It's a...
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Playing My Favorite Music Theory Game
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The Chord That Made Jimi Hendrix A Legend
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