Adult Chamber Music
June 3, 2025
BLOG: learning music
-should appeal to adults (and parents of my kid students)
-about NOT starting over with new skills, but at the same time being willing to fill in the cracks
-be childlike in your curiosity and lack of ego/selfconsciousness
-also be smart about what parallels of information you already posess
-"folk" music means simple and accessible by everyone; however this music can also be extremely complex and sophisticated; how awesome though, that it still remains INCLUSIVE (kashaka definition: "simple" percussion insttument)
style
categorization is sometimes/usually not useful and it diminishes the value of a thing
link to free and/or awesome metronome apps
how to practice with a metronome
rhythmic dictation (importance of separating pitches from rhythm)
for pitches hit pause a lot and sing
put up basic comping at the keys
put up awesome sousaphone bass line builder
explain clave
explain how to montuno
practicing with a drone for intonation
explain playing things in different keys: must think FUNCTION rather than NOTES
RHYTHM is the most important part of most/all of the music that we play: it's what will keep an ensemble hanging together; it's what is most appealling to listeners
practice keeping a steady beat: how to do this?