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Tag: listening

Composition Exercise #534

Listen to musicians in a way that teaches them to play.

Write music that teaches people to hear.

Posted on March 26, 2021March 16, 2021Tags composition, composition exercise, exercise, hearning, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #534

Composition Exercise #456

Squint with your ears.

Posted on September 7, 2020August 18, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #456

Composition Exercise #449

Listen with a straight face.

Posted on July 20, 2020July 14, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, face, listening, seriousLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #449

Composition Exercise #444

Glue your ears together.

Posted on July 8, 2020June 27, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, ears, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #444

Composition Exercise #436

Listen to a piece of music

as if it were composed by a good friend

who just told you they think it’s the beginning

of a new phase in their work.

Posted on June 19, 2020June 9, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, friendship, generosity, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #436

Composition Exercise #426

Are you a good listener of your friends’ music?

If so, if not: is that deliberate?

Posted on May 27, 2020May 18, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, friendship, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #426

Composition Exercise #414

Listen as if your hearing depended on it. Because it does.

Posted on April 29, 2020April 14, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, hearing, listeningLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #414

Composition Exercise #413

Virtual instruments
Virtual microphones
Virtual cables
Virtual amplifiers
Virtual speakers
Virtual headphones
Virtual air
Virtual ears
Virtual listeners
Virtual listening

Posted on April 27, 2020April 14, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, list, listening, virtualityLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #413

Composition Exercise #406

High Deaf

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Composition Exercise #403

Use brass mutes for ear plugs.

Start with piccolo trumpet and progress towards tuba as your ears widen.

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[Dedicated to Manuel Renggli, Michael Bach and Brassband Bürgermusik Luzern on the occasion of tonight’s cancelled final Dschungel performance.]

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Tags brass, composition, composition exercise, ear protection, listening, mute, trumpet, tubaLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #403

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