Tag: learning
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The Convergence Pyramid
This post was partly inspired by Michael Manring‘s masterclass last week at Chappell’s Music Shop in London, and the conversation he and I had after it. The catalyst was his difficulty in answering questions that required him to fragment his thinking about music – and even detach music from its place within the rest of…
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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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Evelyn Glennie On Playing Music And Learning
OK, this is one of the best presentations on learning music I’ve seen in ages. I got to play with Evelyn Glennie a few years back, in her studio – she had been talking to Rick Turner about electro-acoustic music, and he’d advised her to talk to me about looping. I went to meet her…