On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:43:17AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > >Not that the OT needs to go on any longer, but monk is one of my all > >time favorite composers and performers. :-D If I were to start studying > >music again I think I would start with monk. > To push this thread a little towards on-topic: In the late 1980s I > transcribed hundreds of compositions by various composers to MIDI > sequences. It was great training for me, I worked from the written > music, so the work improved my reading skills tremendously, and it also > gave me much more intimate knowledge of what was going on inside the > music's composition. I urge all students to follow this way, it's quite > similar to Bach's practice of transcribing works by previous composers > in order to learn how it's done. Linux audio software such as MusE and > Rosegarden offer all the capability needed to carry out such a task, > anyone can do it. That's an excellent recommendation. I'll remember to do that if I start studying music again. > And yes, I transcribed some pieces by Monk. IMO he was one of the > titans. Favorite Monk piece of the moment: Ruby My Dear. Favorite Monk > experience: Watching Buell Neidlinger's "buellgrass" group play an > evening of nothing but lesser-known Monk titles at McCabe's in LA, all > tunes played by a quartet that included fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and > string bass. And who can forget the Kronos Quartet's rendition of Round > Midnight ? Speaking of Kronos ... I had the incredible privledge of hearing them perform Steve Reich's Triple quartet live. It was the single most amazing musical experience I've ever had. > But the best is still Monk with Rollins, or with Coltrane, or just Monk > by himself... by himself is my favorite way, but you can't leave out Charlie Rouse. > Off-topically, > > dp returning to lurk mode, Eric Rz.
