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The Philosophy of Licks
What is a lick? A lick is a musical phrase. But not every musical phrase is a lick. To qualify as a lick, the phrase must stand out in some way. As far back as I can remember, licks were … Continue reading
Posted in Musicianship, Scale Practice
Tagged Alankar, Coltrane Licks, Cran, grace notes, Guitar licks, Laurent Fournier
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You get back what you put in
One of the dangers of transcribing music, often encountered by ethnomusicologists, is that of forgetting that what you write down and the music itself are two different things. Or as I keep saying, the map is not the territory. I … Continue reading