When you think of Reggae music, the first name that comes to mind is Bob Marley. Even though we first met Bob Marley in the 70s, the name still lingers to this day, because he was the man who turned Jamaican Reggae music into an international phenomenon, and with the help of a few others along the way established reggae as a worldwide genre of music.

Reggae was an evolution of what had been happening in Jamaican music, and was the next evolutionary step up from the other types of Jamaican music that had been enjoyed before it. These styles were Ska, and rock steady.

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Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture, and is commonly based on concepts of looping, rapping, freestyling, DJing, scratching, sampling and beatboxing. The music is used to express concerns of political, social, and personal issues. Hip hop began in the Bronx in New York City in the 1970s, primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans, with some Jamaican immigrant influence. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop, however, the latter denotes the practices of an entire subculture.

James Brown’s music has influenced HIP HOP overall, from his dancing, call and response, his musical feel, his influence on BREAK BEATS or FUNK DRUMMING. James Brown hired so many influential drummers and musicians in his band that he pretty much single handedly shaped the world of BREAK BEAT MUSIC.

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When musicians talk about ear, they don’t mean the sense organ itself so much as the brain’s ability to perceive, distinguish, and understand what the ear has heard. The term ear training refers to teaching musicians to recognize information about notes and chords just by hearing them.

A few people have what is called perfect pitch or absolute pitch. These people, when they hear music, can tell you exactly what they are hearing: the G above middle C, for example, or the first inversion of an F minor chord. A few musicians with particularly perceptive ears can even tell you that a piano is tuned a few cents higher than the one that they play at home.

This is an unusual skill that even most trained musicians do not have. However, most musicians can be trained to recognize relative pitch. Simply having an ear well-trained in “relative pitch” is the key.

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MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a music industry standard communications protocol that lets MIDI instruments and sequencers (or computers running sequencer software) talk to each other to play and record music. More and more of the music you hear every day is written with and played by MIDI sequencers.

MIDI is:

* Compact – Hours of music can fit on a single 3 1/2″ floppy disk, thousands of songs on a CD
* Efficient – Just about any computer can handle it
* Powerful – A whole orchestra is at your command
* Versatile – A click of a button is all it takes to change key, tempo, instrument, etc.
* Intuitive – a MIDI file is just an electronic version of a player piano roll for many instruments
* Portable Industry Standard – Any MIDI instrument can talk to any other

Why do I need MIDI?

* Bring your sheet music to life! Hear the music collecting dust on your shelf. If you can hear it, you can play it!
* See it play! Print out lead sheets.
* Arrange with Flexibility & Control – change tempo, transpose key, isolate parts, change feel and swing, accent, alternate lines, orchestrate
* Perform & Record – Play/sing along with ensembles, duets, trios, concertos, songs (with Lyrics)
* Low Price – cheaper and easier than buying a bunch of recordings or hiring others
* Easy to Use – compact, quicker than tapes. It takes only a second to start a file, cue to a section, etc.

Who needs MIDI Classics?

* Students
* Music Teachers
* Performers
* Producers
* Composers
* Arrangers
* Hobbyists
* Music Lovers

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