Around age 10 or so, my parents decided (as many do) that their child needed to take up an instrument. My first foray into music was, of all things, the coronet. In case you didn’t know, a coronet is a kind of small trumpet. Once a week, my parents, my coronet, and I made our […]
If you were ever in a school band or took piano lessons, you might be familiar with the term downbeat. The downbeat is usually the first note in a musical bar – the steady rhythm of a song. But unless you’re an avid jazz fan or musician, you might be less familiar with the term backbeat. A […]