tritones and theory
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rootofnewtjeliza's entry on the tritone spawned this...
i like the augmented fourth/diminished fifth.
i'd forgotten how much music theory i've absorbed through the years.
it's very odd. i studied organ for 10 years, saxophone for three (decided i hated marching in band, which was the only way to be in band, but i did study on my own at home after the three years), piano for three months (learn different fingering, ahem)... i could play almost anything (barring physical inability due to tiny hands) technically/mechanically perfectly.
my lovely husband had 3-5 years on piano before he was 18 and then 2-3 semesters in college. he's never had theory.
he's more of a natural musician than i am. where i have mechanical perfection, he has soul. he tends to have perfection, too. i will *never* be the musician he is, but that's okay. i was never able to infuse music with the emotion he seems to do with ease. he's brilliant, really. and i LOVE listening to him while he plays.
now that i've shown him what the augented fourth and diminshed fifths are, he's going to be using them. ;)
we have similar tastes. i think that's why we end up with walls of plastic lawn skulls, harpies hanging from the ceiling, and spawn demon action figures nailed to the wall in the keyboard nook.
i like the augmented fourth/diminished fifth.
i'd forgotten how much music theory i've absorbed through the years.
it's very odd. i studied organ for 10 years, saxophone for three (decided i hated marching in band, which was the only way to be in band, but i did study on my own at home after the three years), piano for three months (learn different fingering, ahem)... i could play almost anything (barring physical inability due to tiny hands) technically/mechanically perfectly.
my lovely husband had 3-5 years on piano before he was 18 and then 2-3 semesters in college. he's never had theory.
he's more of a natural musician than i am. where i have mechanical perfection, he has soul. he tends to have perfection, too. i will *never* be the musician he is, but that's okay. i was never able to infuse music with the emotion he seems to do with ease. he's brilliant, really. and i LOVE listening to him while he plays.
now that i've shown him what the augented fourth and diminshed fifths are, he's going to be using them. ;)
we have similar tastes. i think that's why we end up with walls of plastic lawn skulls, harpies hanging from the ceiling, and spawn demon action figures nailed to the wall in the keyboard nook.
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Re: marching band...
i put up with marching band until my 30-yr old Martin E-flat Alto got trampled due to the band instructor's incompetence. i was rather pissed off after that and told them that they could take band and shove it.
i was only putting up with marching so that i could participate in jazz, concert, and pep bands. unfortunately, we were forced to march if we wanted to do any of the other programs.
i stopped playing piano when i was 16 b/c i couldn't feel my fingers. i doubt i could hold my saxophone up now. i tried to play my fife the other night and even THAT got heavy.
anyhow, my first school was in henry county (blue river valley, i lived in mooreland). my second was on ball state's campus. then i went to college in DC. i've ended up out here in maryland, with my pretty boy. and i have no white picket fence, despite what SOME PEOPLE we know would say.
Re: marching band...
Date: 2001-10-03 08:49 pm (UTC)