Have you ever heard a conversation like this?
“Did you hear that cat blow?! She’s got great chops. And her ax is rad!”
“Oh yeh, she’s got a great setup on that horn. Did you hear her approach to that seven flat five chord in the second chorus? I’m in awe!”
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/11/01/musicians-lingo/
Memories from my undergraduate days at Indiana State University: hanging out in the Listening Library. When I wasn’t in a practice room (or playing pinochle in the practice building’s lounge!), I was in the Listening Library; headphones on, head on the desk, resting on my arms. Each week we had a new list of music to listen to. Listen enough that each piece becomes thoroughly known; a old friend. That was our goal.
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/09/27/the-listening-library-sanctuary-refuge-home/
To truly understand it and appreciate Music, we must open our ears and let its glorious vibrations wash over our senses.
Sure, we can read Music. Here’s an excerpt.
Some of you are able to read this language and hear it in your heads as you read along; in the same way that you are hearing these very words as you read them.
Well, just as we can learn and appreciate a new language by immersing ourselves in it – say as an English-speaking person, you travel to Russia to live there for 2-3 months – we need to immerse ourselves in the language of Music with our ears.
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/07/26/late-summer-feasting-for-your-ears/
We have been building an addition onto our home. For about the last 10 days, we have been in paint mode. We’re at the stage in the building where the finishing touches – well, almost the finishing touches – are happening.
I have looked forward to this part of the project. There is much satisfaction to be had when rolling the walls and applying that final color coat on the window and door trim. The room finally comes together. The paint transforms it from a construction zone into a livable space.
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/07/14/its-all-in-the-prep/