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close-up photo of Yamaha DX7 settings

The Yamaha DX7 in Synthesizer History

May 12, 2022

To say that the DX7’s arrival was earth-shaking would be no exaggeration: the affordable price, sound palette, and physical feel of the instrument combined to make the DX7 the new must-have instrument in every studio, garage, and university music department in the U.S. and the U.K.
Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes toy

What Actually Are All These Songs on the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Toy?

Jul 21, 2021

It’s not just the Greatest Hits of the Classical Era—there are some seriously deep cuts.
Individual letter-press characters

The Complete Guide to Typing Music Theory Stuff into Your Paper without It Looking Ugly

Mar 11, 2021

Scale degrees, accidentals, figures—let’s do it all.
a Schenker graph

Journal of Schenkerian Studies: Proving the Point

Jul 27, 2020

The respondents claiming that we can easily detach racism from theory seem to be willfully deluding themselves and ignoring what Ewell said in the first place.

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