music theory
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Resonant Thoughts: Daphne Oram’s “An Individual Note” (1972)
“The resulting flow is a complex pattern of tensions and relaxations which evolve as the musical material is worked out. The words ‘controlled’ and ‘worked out’ do not really convey what I mean. There seem to be no suitable English words. I am hunting for some word which brings a hint of the skillful yachtsman Continue reading
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Optimal Conditions
Much of doing is waiting for the right time to do anything but especially the music morning’s too early evening too late the afternoon can work if properly configured meaning I need to adjust myself to its parameters freeze thinking become its vibration so I wait procrastinate sweep and clean arrange everything just so the moment Continue reading
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Intangible Things: On Victor L. Wooten’s “The Music Lesson”
New Age : “an eclectic group of cultural attitudes arising in late 20th century Western society that are adapted from those of a variety of ancient and modern cultures, that emphasize beliefs (as reincarnation, holism, pantheism, and occultism) outside the mainstream, and that advance alternative approaches to spirituality, right living, and health” Victor L. Wooten’s Continue reading
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Stewie Griffin On Music Theory
There are as many reasons to be a fan of some parts of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy as there are reasons to be annoyed by it. For me, the best reason to watch is to take in Stewie Griffin’s worldly wisdom. But who knew he knows something about music too? In one clip available on Continue reading
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On Tim Hecker’s Ravedeath, 1972: How Do You Know When A Music Is Really Good?
There’s an often unremarked upon aspect of music listening/music appreciation that has to do with how we know when a piece of music is really good. I’m not talking about the European classical or pop music “classics”–from Mozart concertos to Beatles’ songs (choose your poison!)–that have come our way practically with stickers attached to them announcing their proven historical importance. Continue reading
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What Chord Are You?
Could a chord–two or more pitches sounding simultaneously–capture your essence, sum up who and how you feel yourself to be at a particular time and place? Are you a sunny major triad kind of person, or a minor key tolling? Are you open and consonant, in tune with yourself, like a perfect octave or fifth? Continue reading
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