tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post1033497474297826018..comments2023-12-10T07:07:56.884+00:00Comments on the swiss lounge: dominic rivron is a bad manswisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-82472998552741536712009-11-20T20:50:47.113+00:002009-11-20T20:50:47.113+00:00Another good music theory resource:
http://www.mu...Another good music theory resource:<br /><br />http://www.musictheory.net/index.htmlDominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-18537735084356322042009-11-19T19:33:39.917+00:002009-11-19T19:33:39.917+00:00With jokes?? Perhaps I should concoct one - with r...With jokes?? Perhaps I should concoct one - with risque acronyms (my favourite is King Lear's Bloody Marvellous Pink Jockstrap - but I've no idea what it's for).<br /><br />Honestly, I think there's a case for taking theory neat - even if it means bracing yourself - like the Associated Board theory books: <a href="http://www.abrsm.org/publishing/theory/grade1" rel="nofollow">Music Theory in Practice Grade 1</a>. There's one for each grade and you work through them filling in the exercises. There are no jokes, but they do break it down into climbable steps.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-15612846695199691902009-11-19T08:11:13.373+00:002009-11-19T08:11:13.373+00:00yes, a pleasant gour or to that should've been...yes, a pleasant gour or to that should've been spent doing much more pressing tasks plinking about on the piano.<br /><br />and then even thinking about writing the results down without sheet music was just funny but something i'm going to pursue just for the sake of it. my musical education, for which i'm very grateful, was very formal and consisted of a lot of practice, grade exams and competitions which kind of sucked the joy out of it.<br /><br />it took a massive gap and a bit of tragedy before i settled back to a tin whistle, a guitar and then back to the piano. getting the first two tho, meant i got over the formal restriction of those early years and began to just make noises, experiment. tap my foot!<br /><br />that said, in addition to the lack of informality in my musical education somehow i seem to have forgotten or just wasn't taught much in the way of music theory, something i find massively frustrating, like tryiong to write a sentence with no grammar.<br /><br />seeing as you're responsible for this dominic, maybe you could recommend a music theory for idiots type reference work that maybe has exercises (and possibly even jokes!). <br /><br />cheersswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-59268620232792354792009-11-18T22:39:37.944+00:002009-11-18T22:39:37.944+00:00"yet another time vampire into the time const..."yet another time vampire into the time constricted boundaries of my day" - hahaha, i am glad to see someone facing a similar problem, i was thinking in exactly these terms about my newly acquired passion for video :-)<br />and you even know how to write notes?! swiss, you are a neverending mystery novel to me!<br />:-)Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-23046275862362586182009-11-18T22:20:19.466+00:002009-11-18T22:20:19.466+00:00Sorry - don't ask me how - I managed to post m...Sorry - don't ask me how - I managed to post my comment twice - so I deleted the second....Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-34593813590251584442009-11-18T22:18:53.963+00:002009-11-18T22:18:53.963+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-12071861178055854452009-11-18T22:18:52.621+00:002009-11-18T22:18:52.621+00:00"So thank you dominic rivron for introducing ..."So thank you dominic rivron for introducing yet another time vampire into the time constricted boundaries of my day!" My pleasure! Heh heh!<br /><br />>:)<br /><br />(The spikey bracket was an attempt at horns)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-38324458216789760412009-11-18T16:25:57.290+00:002009-11-18T16:25:57.290+00:00I think he may be The Devil himself.I think he may be The Devil himself.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.com