Spontaneous Song #24
I used a rhythmic pattern to launch today’s song.
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Archive for November, 2010
Spontaneous Song #23
The inspiration for today’s song came from a card I have in a frame, picturing six children jumping out of a flat boat.
The image is a painting or illustration (not a photo) so it’s abstract. The boat is yellow and flat-bottomed and the black silhouetted children are ecstatic. The background, the shore, is green and lush. (I believe verdant is the word?).
As temperatures in MN plummet, roads are icy and driving is dicey, it seemed like a lovely place to visit. *smile*
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Spontaneous Song #22
I had a lot of musical input over the weekend and was a little at a loss for how to sift through it and create a song for today. To provide some structure, I decided to do a little skill building by improvising in 5/4. Since I still struggle with improvising in odd meters, I composed today’s song while listening to a metronome through headphones.
I’m always interesting in what happens to the melodic content of my improvisations when I place a lot of focus on another area. About two-thirds of the way through today’s song, I recall having the thought that I needed to introduce more space into the melody, which led me to singing longer tones. That, in turn, led to some interesting exploration in tone color.
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