The idea of improvisation scares the beejeezus out of many musicians, especially those who learned to play their instrument side by side with learning how to read music. Knowing how to read music is a valuable skill. But when you stop and think about how you learned to speak your native language, you will realize [...]
All posts for the month January, 2010
Improvisation – It’s Not Just For Jazzers Anymore
Posted by Mary Ellen on January 27, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/01/27/improvisation-its-not-just-for-jazzers-anymore/
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand… Notes!
What if each pixel in an image corresponded to a specific pitch? What if the brightness level of a pixel determined the length of the note? What if the RGB value of each pixel created three-part harmony? Seeing Music In Color Music has many mathematical elements contained therein. The idea to apply pitch to pixels [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on January 13, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/01/13/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-notes/