Re: [Shaku] Stan Richardson's Tsuru no Sugomori

With all due respect to the-other-Karl-that-spells-his-first-name-right
the point of the exercise, in my view, is not in the resulting
transcription, which is really pretty much beside the point, but in
developing the listening skills that allow one to perform the
transcription.

> With all due respect to Karl-spells-his-first-name-right Young and
> Bruce, I would argue that learning by ear is the most efficient and
> musical way to learn. It's also the path to honnin no kyoku.
>
> Writing a musical phrase on paper interposes an alien obstacle and
> subtly (or not so subtly) transforms the music into another medium.
> The music is in the sound, not on the paper. And the ear-brain
> combination is miraculously efficient at learning sounds and making
> sense of them -- whether it's shakuhachi honkyoku, jazz, Central
> Javanese court gamelan, or a Turkish ney taksim.
>
> Karl Signell
>
> Karl Young wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for providing this Bruce though that kind of violates the
>> spirit of the suggestion to transcribe it yourself :-). BTW I second
>> doing that as a fantastic learning tool; it seems like a super
>> efficient way to wire the shakuhachi neurons (or just the music
>> neurons in general - transcribing a few solos is an early rite of
>> passage for aspiring jazz musicians).
>>
>>> I've often suggested to people that, if they want to learn a particular
>>> piece off a CD and can't find notation, that they should just sit down
>>> and transcribe it for themselves.
>>>
>>> Bob Blyman, who apparently learned this technique well before I learned
>>> of the shakuhachi, did just that with the version of Tsuru no Sugomori
>>> that Stan Richardson plays on his "Shakuhahci Meditation Music" CD.
>>>
>>> Bob has graciously suggested that I put the score on the web for other
>>> folks to download.
>>>
>>> The score, and some of Bob's comments on the transcription, are
>>> online at:
>>>
>>> http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/StanRichardson-Tsuru/
>>>
>>> And anyone else who has transcribed scores they're willing to share
>>> is invited to send them to me and I'll add them to the list archive.
>>>
>>> bj
>>>
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