Thursday, December 20th, 2007
I recently came upon a sort of epiphany. In a way, I’ve always known this, but somehow I get distracted very easily. Now that I’ve made it a rule for myself, it’s made my music-making and practicing much more productive.
Here is the rule: Everything I play and practice should be music.
I can hear all of [...]
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
A short addendum to my last post about ear training:
I was just thinking about the usual analogy between learning music and learning a language.
Learning a language usually consists of various activities: listening, reading, speaking, taking dictation…sound familiar? Yeah, sounds a lot like ear-training class, doesn’t it?
And this whole thing about being able to write and read music on paper without an instrument really comes down to being literate with music. Just like when a kid is learning to read, and it [...]
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Something that has always eluded me is the ability to compose straight to paper, away from the instrument. I’ve always envied people who can do this and wondered how I can learn to do it myself.
Of course, I know the simple answer: ear-training, transcribing, etc… But in my studies, this was never really discussed. [...]
