Now that we’re starting to see how simple music really is, it’s got me thinking. What’s so hard about learning a new instrument? I mean … really? For a lot of people, music study is just slow and painful. And, from what I can tell, that’s because people assume two things about learning music: It’s difficult,

So … music notation is just another way of showing the 12 notes of the chromatic scale. Which means we are—yet again—back to square one (or circle one … pardon the pun). You see, nothing has changed about the 12 notes in this pattern. It’s just that we now have the advantage of being able

Okay, admit it. You crack your knuckles. I’m not saying you do it 86 times a day or anything. But sometimes you just can’t help it … right? Well I do—maybe only once or twice a day. But it sort of feels nice. Anyway, it’s got me feeling kind of guilty. Because I’ve always heard that