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Alice sighed wearily. “I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.”
“If you knew Time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”
“I don’t know what you mean,” said Alice.
“Of course you don’t!” the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. “I dare say you never even spoke to Time!”
“Perhaps not,” Alice cautiously replied; “but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
"Ah! you learn music?" said the Hatter. "Then you know lydians, ionians, and dorians?"
"I don't know what those are. My reader has crochets and minims, and I play a pennywhistle according to those notes."
"I know crochets and minims and notes of every other colour!" said the White Rabbit. "Shall we play?"
From under the table, the White Rabbit found a beaten but recognizable French horn. He blew into the valves, and strawberry marmalade bubbled from the horn. Under his hat, the Mad Hatter found a wild assortment of blocks, drumheads, bells, and whistles. The Dormouse withdrew an oboe from its teacup, quite wet with tea.
The Mad Hatter said, "At the great concert of the Queen of Hearts, I'd been asked not to play this melody. It's a much higher honor to be asked not to play something, than it is to not be asked to play something."
"What is the song called?" asked Alice.
"The song is called 'How Aunt Rose Grows Petunias.' But the song is..."
“If you knew Time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”
“I don’t know what you mean,” said Alice.
“Of course you don’t!” the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. “I dare say you never even spoke to Time!”
“Perhaps not,” Alice cautiously replied; “but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
"Ah! you learn music?" said the Hatter. "Then you know lydians, ionians, and dorians?"
"I don't know what those are. My reader has crochets and minims, and I play a pennywhistle according to those notes."
"I know crochets and minims and notes of every other colour!" said the White Rabbit. "Shall we play?"
From under the table, the White Rabbit found a beaten but recognizable French horn. He blew into the valves, and strawberry marmalade bubbled from the horn. Under his hat, the Mad Hatter found a wild assortment of blocks, drumheads, bells, and whistles. The Dormouse withdrew an oboe from its teacup, quite wet with tea.
The Mad Hatter said, "At the great concert of the Queen of Hearts, I'd been asked not to play this melody. It's a much higher honor to be asked not to play something, than it is to not be asked to play something."
"What is the song called?" asked Alice.
"The song is called 'How Aunt Rose Grows Petunias.' But the song is..."
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I have a number of well-used hardware synths, and I mostly use a simple sequencer to record and transmit the Midi signals to all of them. If you do enjoy real-time performing with the keyboard I recommend looking at some of the better ones, with more piano-like keys. I got a Soundlogic/Fatar 88-key Midi unit last year and would not part with it for the world. :)
Sadly, I'm not yet a good enough player to do real-time performance.
To make my music, I perform at about half-speed -- and the computer (acting as both sequencer and synthesizer) speeds up my performance. (This is more true for pieces like Trick Wand Bent than this one.)
Give me another year of practicing scales before I try anything live!
To make my music, I perform at about half-speed -- and the computer (acting as both sequencer and synthesizer) speeds up my performance. (This is more true for pieces like Trick Wand Bent than this one.)
Give me another year of practicing scales before I try anything live!
There's no real hurry as long as you are willing to put your time and effort into learning and creating music. The deisre to develop your talent is the first and most important thing - everything else will follow if you have that. :)
(Have you been involved with creating music very long? What you've shown so far is very well done and it sounds like you do plan to move forward!)
(Have you been involved with creating music very long? What you've shown so far is very well done and it sounds like you do plan to move forward!)
My top interest is in composing music, not really performing. (I don't have stage fright; I just am more of an introvert than an extrovert.)
And I have been involved with creating music on and off all my life -- but, sadly, more off than on. I took two years' of formal music theory and music history classes in college.
My formal study stops at the 18th century. At the time, I loved Medieval and Renaissance music, so I studied that a lot. For popular music, the main things I didn't study were sevenths (ninths, etc.) and suspended chords. Neither harmony textbook that I'm reading use them much -- though the Raven Spiral Guide covers them a bit.
With every song, I'm trying to stretch myself. In my current project, I chose a song by one person who comments a lot on this blog. The piece is a solo piano playing mostly arpeggios. I said that I thought the piece was "a pretty chord progression".
Instead of saying that the piece would be vastly improved by adding more layers --- I'm adding the layers myself. I've already added a drum track, and I'm adding a very slow, melodic harmony. I will add one more layer with an actual melody before I release it.
And I have been involved with creating music on and off all my life -- but, sadly, more off than on. I took two years' of formal music theory and music history classes in college.
My formal study stops at the 18th century. At the time, I loved Medieval and Renaissance music, so I studied that a lot. For popular music, the main things I didn't study were sevenths (ninths, etc.) and suspended chords. Neither harmony textbook that I'm reading use them much -- though the Raven Spiral Guide covers them a bit.
With every song, I'm trying to stretch myself. In my current project, I chose a song by one person who comments a lot on this blog. The piece is a solo piano playing mostly arpeggios. I said that I thought the piece was "a pretty chord progression".
Instead of saying that the piece would be vastly improved by adding more layers --- I'm adding the layers myself. I've already added a drum track, and I'm adding a very slow, melodic harmony. I will add one more layer with an actual melody before I release it.
I know a little about that state of affairs, for I was at one time quite introverted about my own art. Such a position has both advantages and disadvantages - not having the input and influence of others on one's work keeps one from being distracted and/or swayed by the vagaries of public opinion. Not always being popular isn't a big deal if you weren't seeking popularity. On the other hand, being able to make contact with others and earn a bit of recognition for what you create can give you a brand new view of yourself. Sometimes you aren't really able to see yourself by yourself.
Your work (what you've posted so far) reflects the efforts of someone who has had a measure of study at music theory (experimentation with time signatures is not for the novice). I do hope the off-and-on-ness of your creatiive actions will be more 'on' than 'off' from now on!
Your work (what you've posted so far) reflects the efforts of someone who has had a measure of study at music theory (experimentation with time signatures is not for the novice). I do hope the off-and-on-ness of your creatiive actions will be more 'on' than 'off' from now on!
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