Tag: composition
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Melodies > Phrases > Patterns – Extracting the Value From Other People’s Songs.
The process I outlined in the previous blog post can be reversed when we start working on drawing musical information out of learning someone else’s music. I often classify this loosely as active vs passive learning. Passive learning leads us to learn the song we’re working on, play it like the original, tick that box…
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Pattens > Phrases > Melodies – Organising Musical Material
I’ve been thinking about this a fair bit recently, and working through these ideas with a few students. The big question that spawned this concept is the one about the relationship between what we practice and the music we perform. Anyone who’s read more than a few words from me about the process of teaching…
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“Is It Right?” vs “Is It Good?”
The question in the title is one that is so often ignored and yet is fundamental to the process of learning music (and a lot of other things!) Because so much that happens in music education is based on a model established for teaching classical repertoire, the emphasis is hugely on “Is It Right?” –…