Comments on: How To Listen to Music: Pt. 1 http://guitarkadia.com/emon/blog/how-to-listen-to-music-pt-1/ Stories Around Guitars Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher http://guitarkadia.com/emon/blog/how-to-listen-to-music-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Christopher Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:57:12 +0000 http://guitarkadia.com/?p=516#comment-157 Thanks for posting this, very informative. And touches on a subject that pervade traditional music ed: use of studies as music. There's far too much of that. Especially with guitarists; there's this idea that we should be able to play certain etude/studies in order to have a good technique. Well...the guitar as a concert instrument is not that old, and frankly most of the etudes suck (from a compositional standpoint). I'm with Glennie on this one: I'd rather play music and really delve into the "how" of making music by applying it to a real rather than artificial context. Lots of good stuff in here about how the entire body is your instrument rather than just the instrument itself. Especially powerful coming from a percussionist (vocalists and winds tend to be more connected with their whole bodies via air,etc). -CD Christophers last blog post..<a href="http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/2008/11/goal-oriented-guitarpractice/" rel="nofollow">Goal Oriented Guitar Practice</a> Thanks for posting this, very informative. And touches on a subject that pervade traditional music ed: use of studies as music. There’s far too much of that. Especially with guitarists; there’s this idea that we should be able to play certain etude/studies in order to have a good technique. Well…the guitar as a concert instrument is not that old, and frankly most of the etudes suck (from a compositional standpoint). I’m with Glennie on this one: I’d rather play music and really delve into the “how” of making music by applying it to a real rather than artificial context.

Lots of good stuff in here about how the entire body is your instrument rather than just the instrument itself. Especially powerful coming from a percussionist (vocalists and winds tend to be more connected with their whole bodies via air,etc).

-CD

Christophers last blog post..Goal Oriented Guitar Practice

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