Re: [Harp-L] Fantastic Article

[Emile Damico <oatss_oatflakes@xxxxxxxxx>]

I might be able to teach you the principles of basic jazz theory and harmony in five lessons but you wouldn't have the skills to use it in every day music life. Practice in harmony and theory is just as important as it is in playing an instrument. In two and a half years of lessons I wrote my first Orchestral Suite. I already had a music degree and years of experience. Here is the second movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2sdmw3ywRk

--- On Sun, 5/27/12, Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Fantastic Article
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, May 27, 2012, 2:36 PM
> http://lifehacker.com/5913295/theres-no-speed-limit-the-lessons-that-changed-my-life
> 
> This article, by CD Baby founder Derek Sivers is titled
> There's No Speed Limit.  He tells how he acquired
> semesters worth of Berklee harmony and arranging knowlege in
> a few lessons.  I can't recommend this enough.
> 
> Caveat: as an adult you really can acquire knowlege very
> rapidly - you've learned how to learn.  However,
> learning a musical instrument is more than just picking up a
> body of knowlege.
> 
> Some people, not many, can get good at an instrument very
> quickly, but because there's muscle memory involved, along
> with acquisition of a strong sense of time and the
> acquisition of the language of musical feeling, along with
> the development of one's own language, learning an
> instrument takes more work than acquiring a background in
> jazz theory.
> 
> That said, I think this is a very inspiring article for
> musicians just learning to play. 
>