Posts Tagged "silence"

• Practicing Music: Golden Silence

  On Mind

  If I can give one musical lesson over the Internet, it would be to play with silence. Whether you write electronica, folk, pop, or metal, I strongly believe this to be a worthwhile practice. At first, it seems a silly idea – how and why would one ever do such a thing? Well, to answer [...]

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• This morning’s practice

  On Music

  I’ve posted this morning’s practice session. You can find it as the first track on the side bar player. There are lots of pauses and silences much like the album Fidelio. I find silence to be an important part of practice as well as listening. Silence before sound; sound before pitch, tone and the rest.

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