Monthly Archives: April 2013

Making Your Music Your Own, Within the Style You Play  There are purists whose aim is to preserve every piece of traditional music in the exact form they find it. This preserves musical styles, but the folk process (the natural tendency of aurally-learned music to undergo change) is an essential part of our heritage, too.Continue reading “Styles – part 2”

Personal Style Whether you’re aware of it or not, you have a personal style of playing (in addition to the genre of music you play). Your personal style is not necessarily something you develop on purpose, and though many musicians do make conscious decisions in that realm, your life experiences in general seep into yourContinue reading “Styles – Regional, National and Personal”