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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Playing what you hear vs. the instrument playing YOU
If we break down our focus of “playing like singing in the shower” into its component parts, using our hard-earned Intervallic Awareness to help us find the notes, we would end up with some scheme such as: Imagine a melody … Continue reading
Posted in Musicianship
Tagged improvising, inner melody, jazz improv, Jean-Michel Pilc, Lee Konitz
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How to make modular bass panpipes for classroom, stage and studio
Most bass riffs you get called upon to play contain between three and five notes, so why not assemble just the tubes you need for each tune – in the order they come, to keep it simple and lightweight? I … Continue reading
Posted in Intuitive Instruments
Tagged bass panpipes, Emerald Forest, John Boorman, musical education, toyo
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Why Montessori bells get it wrong
There is no single Montessori system for introducing 3-year olds to music. Children are placed in a rich environment full of learning toys, of which the musical instruments, generally bells, are only one among several competing attractions. Montessori bell sets … Continue reading
Posted in Intuitive Instruments, Music Education
Tagged #musiced, Kindergarten, Montessori, musical education
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Musical theorems: a bluffer’s guide
The idea of musical theorems is all about drawing simple conclusions from your basic knowledge about notes, and putting them to use in your playing. An example. You know every major scale contains three notes from one wholetone scale and … Continue reading
Intervallic Awareness for Improvisers 