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		<title>More about repeats &#8211; D.C. and D.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Da Capo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier lesson we learned about simple repeats. In this lesson you will learn about the following repeat instructions:

Da Capo or D.C.: Repeat from the beginning
Da Capo al Fine or D.C. al Fine: Go back to beginning and sing to Fine
Dal Segno or D.S.: Repeat from the sign
Dal Segno al Fine or D.S. al [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Read Music Lesson 5- Time Signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 04:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In previous lessons we have discussed only 4/4 time. You learned that in 4/4 time there are 4 beats to a measure and a quarter note gets 1 beat. You learned that a measure is the space between two bar lines, so if there are 4 beats to a measure there must be notes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Read Music Lesson 4 &#8211; Dotted Notes and Rests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous lesson we discussed tied notes. Tied notes are a way for us to add notes together, allowing us to extend the sound of notes. In this lesson we will learn about another method of extending notes by using dot notation.
We use dot notation to extend the length of notes.
When we want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s An Octave?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[choral singing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They Told Me That I Was Singing An Octave Too Low.  What is an octave?
Sometimes in our rehearsals there is a bass singer who is singing an octave lower than the other basses. When the director says that someone is singing an octave too low, it makes no difference because the offending bass does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Read Music Lesson 3- Tied Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson you will learn about tied notes.
We have been discussing note values in 4/4 time. In 4/4 time a whole note gets 4 beats, a half note gets 2 beats, a quarter note gets 1 beat, an eighth note gets 1/2 beat, and a sixteenth note gets 1/4 beat. The people who write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Read Music Lesson 2- Notes and Rests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second lesson in a series about how to read music.
In our first lesson we learned about notes and how to count them. In this lesson you will learn more about notes, rests, and how to count.
What Are Rests?
Rests are periods of silence in music. Just as notes represent a sound of given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Notes Do I Sing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you in a choir but you don&#8217;t read music? If so, then when the music is passed around you may not know what notes you should sing? Well, even if you don&#8217;t read music, it may help you to know which notes you should sing so that you know which lyrics are for you. [...]]]></description>
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