Musical Navigation Skills
It’s a lot easier when you’re navigating if you have a map.
Music Literacy
A Loud Piano?
Can there be a loud piano?
Appropriate Context
Making good musical choices requires context.
Tuning and Tone
Great tuning requires understanding of the harmonic series – and how to affect it with your tone.
Shared Language
We can communicate better with a shared language.
Poetic Feet
Understanding poetic meter is a great help for music-making.
No Good Options
I shared two options for a notation question yesterday.
No Rules/Letting Go
Every so often I hear some students around the college say about jazz that it’s easy – “You can play anything because there are no rules!”
Sight Readable
There is value in challenging music. But there is also valuable in music that is easily sight readable.
Musical Theatre and Jazz Singing
What is the difference between the way we tell stories in music theatre songs and jazz songs?