Do you know what Accelerando means? Literally, it’s this: Increase of speed in music.
So, ask me what I think of—when I think, “Accelerando.”
I first think of my slow brain without coffee.
Start drinking coffee….Pick up speed….I think I can, I think I can.
Then, don’t stop accelerating until the above is accomplished musically.
Cheesy. Yes, but [...]
Class, some of you may know this already, but what is the definition of the term “cadenza”? Here it is:
Virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
Such as, in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto there are writers that have written different versions of [...]
I am stepping out on a limb. Do you remember the TV show Home Improvement? If you do or if you don’t–the show was about a family where the father was the host to a home improvement show. Every time he heard something he liked or didn’t like–he would respond to it with a special [...]
And yes, my students and blog followers—I am talking about you. What if you are it? What? What if you ARE the next John Williams, Michael W. Smith, or Karl Jenkins? Pretty cool thought. Interested? If you take up music composition–or music arrangement, you need to know first, that composition is a science. Follow this [...]
True confession, gang. Even I sometimes have a hard time finding the love of music theory, but –I am a musician, I am a teacher, I am a composer, and I decidedly choose to make music theory interesting for both you and me. I know that you are thinking—”yuk”. Sometimes, I agree.
When I was growing up, [...]
