Posts Tagged ‘language’

What is your language?

So, I’m kind of curious … what is your native language? These days, we have a lot of readers in different countries. Which means I’m guessing some of you speak English … or Spanish … or French … or German, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian … or one of many other languages out there. But the nice thing

Posted in Color Music by / April 17th, 2011 / Comments Off Read More

Child’s play

The key to learning music is to understand note patterns first—then the language of a musician. That way, we can truly understand how to make music. No confusion or distractions with strange words or terminology. Just pure immersion into what music is really all about—simple patterns. And what’s nice is these patterns are super simple. So

Posted in This and That by / December 21st, 2010 / Comments Off Read More

Learn the patterns … then the vocabulary

Traditional music methods aren’t all bad. Mainly, because they give us a common vocabulary—a shared language that musicians can use to communicate. Over the centuries, music nerds have created all sorts of handy words to describe sound. So that when we talk about “tonics,” or “sharp-fives,” or “E-flat,” you know what I mean. The trouble is, traditional methods start with

Posted in Color Music by / December 20th, 2010 / Comments Off Read More

The Vulcan dictionary

In 2004, Mark R. Gardiner published one of THE nerdiest books of all time … called “The Vulcan Language.” And for Star Trek fans worldwide, it’s like a dream come true. Page after page, it spells out—in serious detail—the native tongue of the famous Mr. Spock. (You know, that calm, pointy-eared, vegetarian space traveler from the classic

Posted in This and That by / October 24th, 2010 / Comments Off Read More
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