Today's GarageBand Music Theory Lesson centers on Quarter Notes. If you're new to GB Music Theory, be sure to check out the previous weeks' lessons on Whole Notes and Half Notes. A Quarter Note is ...

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Tired of those boring lectures and dusty text books? Allow us to present a music theory lesson for the modern age, presented entirely through memes. Triplets are three equal notes that fit inside ...

Eighth Notes are the subject of today's GarageBand Music Theory Lesson. If you're new to GB Music Theory, be sure to check out the previous weeks' lessons on Whole Notes, Half Notes and Quarter Notes.