Monthly Archives: November 2015

How do You Read Music?

Posted on November 6, 2015 by jazzpanflute

Well, how do you read music? Western music notation is unique in having adapted essentially one and the same system to the task of notating for all musical instruments and voices. But does that mean we all read the same way? … Continue reading →

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Chunking down on Scale Practice

Posted on November 2, 2015 by jazzpanflute

Chunking down into N chunks reduces practice required by a factor of Nx where x is the number of possible chunk flavours Paul Hirsh (@jazzpanflute) Why do we need full-length scales? Or: why do the scales we practise always need to … Continue reading →

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