‘I wish I knew that’

In April 2026 we started posting something new – twice a week a series called ‘I wish I knew that’ – short reference pages to help give context across a range of different topics.

How do we talk about music? (2 April)

Instruments (5 April – 2 July)

(Keyboards, Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Voice)

Easy Guide to Harmonising a Melody (5 – 23 July)

Character & Mood in Music (26 July – 4 October)

(Programme Music, Nature in Music, Overtures, Tone Poems, Ballets, Programme Symphonies, Lieder, Chansons, English Song, Music for the Stage, Music for the Screen)

Chamber Music (Dialogues in Instrumental Music) (7 October – )