Get it Finished
I am almost done, having cast off more notation, more ideas than is contained in the present final. Editing with a chain saw. Heartless....
Henry and Jani in Development
I put the melody of H and J on paper and I think the rhythm and the key just jumped out at me. It didn’t require much thought or...
Henry and Jani; Interlude, 2nd variation and Coda
Yesterday I filmed a simple and a more complex arrangement of Henry and Jani, and heard that I was over-complicating right out of the...
Henry and Jani: A Namepiece in progress
Presently, I am composing “Henry and Jani”, which is to be a gift for my freshman roomate’s wedding in May; the melody is set in a minor...
Simplicity and Complexity
In the harp world it is regularly repeated that simple is beautiful; any music played on the harp is beautiful, no matter what (mostly);...
A Final Beginning Final Blues: "Film Noir"
Two weeks ago, I began working on the Final Beginning Final project. I wrote about the first week quarter-baked homework, and 2nd week...
"It's not like I'm looking for a bar where I can go play the blues"
This post is a continuation of the previous one, which was about composing a blues tune for the Deborah Henson Conant (DHC) BluesHarp...
The Blues of a Final Beginning; or the Beginning of a Final Blues
The fourth week of the Deborah Henson Conant (DHC) Blues HarpStyle, and I started working on the final blues tune. My ideas as I...
Musings Week 8; improvisation; the Unknown
My third blues homework submission. I liked the beginning motif, but in usual form, I started to over-complicate. I am not sure about...
Week 8 Musings; off my course, into the Blues
My second week’s homework in the DHC Blues Webinar, and I liked what I produced; the beginning melody was catchy and stayed with me. Put...
