His post is twofold: It contains today’s new subject (Modes), followed by photos of some things I’m selling – to see those please scroll down to the end of the post. Today’s Subject: DEMYSTIFYING MODES When I was a kid learning clawhammer-style banjo, my teacher referred to one of the common tunings as “G Modal”.Continue reading “Demystifying Modes”
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Terminology of Tone
Recently a student asked for a precise definition of “tone”. Since people use the term rather loosely, after defining it for him I decided to consult Webster’s Dictionary and other sources, where I discovered incredibly vague definitions: “quality of sound” doesn’t tell us much. When I looked up the words used in the definitions, IContinue reading “Terminology of Tone”
Expressive Playing: Installment 3
Expression Without Fear Reluctance to play emotively may come from a societal taboo against “being emotional”. But music is a safe venue through which it is considered acceptable to express emotion; in fact, if you don’t, the music isn’t very interesting to listen to. A tune’s emotion might simply be happiness or pensiveness, but itContinue reading “Expressive Playing: Installment 3”
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Expressive Play…
Expressive Playing – Second Installment: Melding Technique and Expression Accuracy without expression is just organized sound, and expression without accuracy is just disorganized sound. Notes are just notes, and feeling is just feeling; neither by itself is sufficient. But when you put the two together, you get music. A musician must be both a technicianContinue reading “Expressive Play…”
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