I’m a big fan of ambient knowledge. In the course of my various pursuits, both musical and non-, I occasionally find it necessary to re-look-up …
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Category Archives: vocab
Today I’m introducing a new feature here at Miss Music Nerd: Keyboards of the World! When I travel, I tend to take pictures of pianos …
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Thus far we’ve concerned ourselves with the preparation of a pretty score, a thing of beauty that will be a joy forever, suitable for publication …
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Alto2 asks: Um, Lucy, can you please ’splain what is a THEREMIN??? Why is it being featured on this program? How remiss of me not …
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In case you missed it, here’s Part 1! I was actually pretty far ahead of the game when it came time to prepare my score, …
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I’m back! I’ve sent off my score to the San Diego Chamber Orchestra! And in a few weeks I fly out to California to attend …
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Students who are new to music appreciation have a number of vocabulary challenges to deal with. Music terminology, like language in general, has developed over …
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