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                                       Sat Oct 19, 2002



                   Like I should talk, eh?         





   Percussion is fine, but
   don't get stuck on
   hitting things. There's:

         Scraping 
         Bowing 

                                  There are four elements in 
                                  a typical instrument design: 
                                  
                                     vibrating element (e.g. string)
                                     resonator (e.g. sound box) 
                                     structure (e.g. neck; harp frame)
                                     transducer (pick-up; microphone) 
                                             
                                          Like most taxonomies,    
                                          you can find ways        
                                          between the distinctions,    
                                          into odd gray areas      
                                          where it's hard to call.    
                                          
                                                        
                                                 Dive into the 
                                                 gray area.
                                                           

Improvised words are much                           
harder to do well than                              
improvised music.                                   
                                                                 
       So do some             
       improvised                                                
       words.                                                    
                              Are you afraid 
                              of your voice? 
                                               Of meaning? 
 
                                                          CONCRETE_MUSIC 
 
 
 
                                                             
                                                             
                There are three choices:              
                   Composed                           
                   Improvised                IMPULSE          
                   Random                                
                                                         CHAOTIC_SOUND
                And combinations of the three.   


          Be pretentious
          Be funny 
          Be affecting 
          Be difficult
          Be accessible
          Be interesting
          Be unassuming              Honor the original 
          Be meaningful              Be original        
          Be cool                
          Be passionate          
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                        In tune 
                                        Unconventionally tuned 
      Skill                             Atonal 
      Talent                            By ear
                                          
         at what?                
         for what?               
                                 

                     Discipline      Indisicpline...
                     Intelligence    Passion        
                     Control         Spontaniety    
                     Educated        Uncontaminated 


                                                   
                             You use what 
                             you've got   
                             and what you 
                             haven't got, 
                             so what's the
                             mystery?     
                                          
                                          
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