This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Duncan Lorien teaches us how to understand and play music with a simple and effective method…

Duncan Lorien is a recording artist, composer and educator, who travels over 150,000 miles each year teaching a simple and revolutionary approach to playing, reading and composing music in his Understanding of Music Seminars™. Duncan wants to help open the door to the language of music for as many people as possible by showing how most musical concepts including scales and chords can actually be learned in minutes as opposed to many hours of study.

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