You can count; you get most of the notes most of the time. But it just doesn't seem to turn into music.
STUCK?
Shake up your notion of a familiar marking:
Slur
Fermata
Double bar
You are a big achiever, and you learn fast. But your chamber music colleagues insist on playing the same quartet over and over, and you're ready to scream.
BORED?
Look up a concept you take for granted:
Sonata
Note values
Vibrations
Just what does a musician think about the 500th time through a Mozart sonata?
CURIOUS?
Ever hear of an Acoustical event?
Pitch specificity?
Plus one, minus one?
What Might It Mean?
AN UNCOMMON GLOSSARY
OF MUSICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS
FOR THE STUCK, BORED, AND CURIOUS
by Nancy Garniez
ISBN: 0-9674635-0-5
Whether you play or just listen, if music is a part of your life you will enjoy experiencing it in a new way. Find out what you have to learn from the
Marx Brothers, Marlene Dietrich, and Mieczyslaw Horszowski.
104 practical and provocative definitions drawing on a broad range of contemporary culture to heighten awareness of listening, with references to fifty-five musical works, ranging from Gregorian chant to Leonard Bernstein. The definitions are cross-referenced and indexed by composer.
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