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Database: William Orbit On Unquantized Rhythms, Playing Stuff By Hand, The Curve
“You can make something very unlistenable by quantizing it too much. I play a lot of stuff by hand and don’t quantize it, and very often it sounds better that way. Unquantized rhythms work better when used next to quantized rhythms and vice versa.” “Basically, you have two hands, so you’ve got ahold of two… Continue reading
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Keywords: Trust The Hands
If you’re a musician of some experience you know things about music not from the outside, as a listener, but from your body, as a practitioner. Trust the hands is the heuristic of letting your understanding unfold through your playing. Whether at a keyboard, fretboard, or computer, your hands come to know a musical-instrumental terrain… Continue reading
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