Music Lesson: The Oriental Riff
*SJW reeeing in the distance* You’ve all heard this one, but have you ever considered where it came from? (Besides “Asia”, moron) Well, now you know! The Oriental Riff is, […]
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Is Popular Music Getting Worse?
Is music objectively getting worse? Science says…yeah, kind of! Okay, hear me out: I’m not going to tell you that there was ever some idealized time in the hoary past […]
Music Lesson: Mysterioso Pizzicato
We’re doing new stuff in music today: looking at those songs or riffs that everybody knows by ear, but nobody knows the name of. Now it’s time to learn the […]
Music Lesson: The Melodic Major Scale
All the way from the exotic Orient…the melodic major scale! Often associated with the music of India! The melodic major scale, also known as the Aeolian Dominant Scale, is Ionian […]
Music Lesson: The Double Harmonic Major
Time for another music lesson children: The Double Harmonic Major Scale! The double harmonic major scale is characterized by taking an Ionian scale, and playing a minor 2nd and a […]
Music Lesson: The Harmonic Major Scale
A pleasant and mellow scale, the harmonic major scale has been used in many popular songs, including the jazz standard Dream a Little Dream Of Me…which I first learned how to play 30 minutes before […]
Thoughts on Wuss Music
Yes it’s a music-centric week here on The Barbaric Gentleman. I’ve alluded to it before, and now we’re doing a whole piece on it—wuss music! Which is to say, music […]
Music Lesson: Ionian Scales
The Ionian scale is most commonly played scale—you probably know it already if you are already playing an instrument. The most common scale is properly known as the Ionian Major […]
Music Lesson: The Chromatic Scale
In which I discuss one of the most simply formed (yet surprisingly versatile) scales: The Chromatic! I told you all that I would be doing more music lessons and…here it […]
White Music Influencing Black Music
Hello children, it looks like it’s time to destroy another SJW narrative. In this week’s edition of “Larsen debunks modern mythology”, I’m going to look at American music—more specifically, the […]