I know the way a piano should sound
Feb. 23rd, 2004 06:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fellmamaRandom music theory musings:
I have decided to declare myself officially bilingual. I'm sitting here partwriting, and I thought: "It's really cool that these little black marks mean something to me. To a lot of people, they're just little black marks." Then I thought: "Hey, it's like reading in another language. Like cyrillic." Thus, I am now officially bilingual. I read and write music fluently. *nods decisively*
From "Project 1: Keyboard Orientation" in our textbook:
"The physical dexterity required in this study is minimal, since the piano is relatively simple to operate in a functional role." Translation: spastics and morons are S.O.L.
Who cares about diminished ii chords, anyway?
For some reason, I cannot write note stems straight to save my life. My barlines are reasonably vertical; my note heads are perfect ovals; my stems stagger like they're on a three-day bender.
I 6/4 chords are disgusting and wrong.
I have decided to declare myself officially bilingual. I'm sitting here partwriting, and I thought: "It's really cool that these little black marks mean something to me. To a lot of people, they're just little black marks." Then I thought: "Hey, it's like reading in another language. Like cyrillic." Thus, I am now officially bilingual. I read and write music fluently. *nods decisively*
From "Project 1: Keyboard Orientation" in our textbook:
"The physical dexterity required in this study is minimal, since the piano is relatively simple to operate in a functional role." Translation: spastics and morons are S.O.L.
Who cares about diminished ii chords, anyway?
For some reason, I cannot write note stems straight to save my life. My barlines are reasonably vertical; my note heads are perfect ovals; my stems stagger like they're on a three-day bender.
I 6/4 chords are disgusting and wrong.
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Date: 2004-02-23 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-23 09:50 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-23 10:41 pm (UTC)you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-23 10:36 pm (UTC)IV 6/4 chords are even bitchier. We ahd to aurally recognize the different inversions of IV chords last friday. against DOH of the key, not DOh of the chord. I sucked.
diminished ii chords are cool. They show up in minor a fair amount. But I like diminished vi chords, becasue they show up in Melodic minor specially.
and finally, in the comparative ET music theory musings, I have a dilemma: if I try and make my harmonization for middle C soprano voice in open position, the tenor part is way the hell out of it's range. but to put it in range, makes it closed position. tehn again, if the soprano is singing way down at middle C, maybe it's relative anyways. bah.
Re: you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-24 05:51 pm (UTC)Re: you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-23 11:40 pm (UTC)DOH? I am not familiar with this abbreviation.
We're not even addressing vi0 (how would you make a diminished symbol?) because they're so rare outside of a theory context.
Re: you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-24 05:53 pm (UTC)Re: you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-24 05:54 pm (UTC)Re: you don't use a straight edge????! I feel naked without mine...
Date: 2004-02-24 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-24 08:32 am (UTC)