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Glossary of Musical Terms
Mar 26
Check out my new Glossary of Musical Terms!
It is an expanding list of musical and music-business related terms. It has brief, yet concise definitions of important words. Not everything will be here as we already have dictionaries for those terms.
There are often many definitions for a word and I will mainly list a musically-oriented, simple definition or two for each one. Sometimes simple is good! (As time goes on I will be adding more involved and more in-depth definitions that you can access by clicking on words that are hyper-linked.)
The main focus is musical terms that are commonly mis-understood, or should be known by anyone playing or studying music.
I just started this project in March or 2010 and it will be expanding over the next few months. If there is anything you need a definition for let me know.
The purpose of practicing is to gain control over some element of music, whether ear training, technique or an isolated passage or riff. Part of gaining control is eliminating hesitations, jerkiness and uncertainty. The goal is having complete “ownership” over what you are doing: you want to “know” that thing in and out.
For ear training, chose the speed that allows you to listen, duplicate and understand what you are hearing. Repetition and focus are key. You might need to play and listen to something hundreds of times before really getting it, and you will improve to the degree you are focused. When you are focused you are “there.” Only when you are there can you duplicate or learn something.
I believe that people are natively creative and original: taking lessons should increase your originality rather then blunt it. (After all, there is only one you!)
Quality music instruction promotes understanding, practical skill, creativity, thinking on your own and fully expressing yourself. The more freely you express your ideas, concepts and feelings the more original you will be. Anything that inhibits your personal expression can blunt your creativity, therefore ruin your originality.
In my twenty-eight years of teaching I have found that students who had little success with music lessons probably experienced one or more of the following:
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Whatever your involvement with music is, the possibility exits that achieving your full potential may be blocked or diminished by any one of seven specific areas. I know what these areas are, how they get bugged and how to fix them.
I am offering an expanded musical service: I am a troubleshooter. I start with a consultation. In this meeting we discover the exact points that are holding you back. From there, I either handle them on the spot or create a program for you to complete.
I have over 25,000 hours in the teacher chair, am a thirty-five year veteran professional, gigging musician, a teacher for twenty-eight years, a published author and a very experienced bandleader.
My specialty is helping YOU get all the pieces of the puzzle aligned.
Want to talk about it? Need more info? Want to refer a friend?
Call me: (818) 242-7551
Consultations and lessons in person or by phone. (I’ve taught and consulted by phone to students across the US.)
I look forward to hearing from you, and being of help to you and your career.
Marty
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