Re: [MMM] Re: daddy's boy

Hi Kris,

Ha, microtonal parenting, that's great. All grade school band or
string concerts are more microtonal than most of the mp3's we post!
Problem is, a lack of confidence and enthusiasm (not to mention the
material) make it not as interesting as it should be, even as an ear
stretching curio.

Actually, I find that the massed band and choral episodes are
incidentally interesting; largely due to the diversity of textures. On
the other hand, the string 'recitals' are one of the few things I've
found unbearable--though even these are not nearly as bad as the
godforsaken radio station that tortures me and attempts to reprogram
my brain all day at work.

Boy, I sure do wish someone would give me a simple golden meantone
tubulong!

take care (and good luck with them girls),

--Dan Stearns

----- Original Message -----
From: "kpeck77" <kris.peck@...>
To: <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:57 AM
Subject: [MMM] Re: daddy's boy

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
> > I've been playing a lot with my seven-year-old son Bryan
lately--he
> > wanted one thing for Christmas, an electric guitar, and he got it.
> > This has offered me a rare glimpse into what I already intuitively
> > knew.
>
> Dan-
> Thanks for sharing this! As a daddy myself, I can relate to a lot
of
> your feelings here, although my girls are only 3-1/2 and 22 months
> and not quite at an age to be real musically expressive. I've been
> VERY gently encouraging them to play with a few instruments, and
it's
> a joy to watch and listen to. (Although sometimes painful when all
> they want to do is randomly pound...) I wish I had a recorder going
> when I recently showed Lydia how to sing into a microphone with a
> digital delay. She talked, giggled, screamed into the mic and
stared
> in thrilled amazement every time it looped back around.
>
> I'm edging closer to completing a simple "golden meantone
pentatonic"
> tubulong as a gift for Lydia. (It was originally supposed to be a
> Christmas present, but there's only just so much time in a day to
> work on it...) We'll see how much interest she takes in playing it
> once it is ready. I know, too, sometimes these things sit dormant
> for years before the interest suddenly awakens...
>
> I will try to resist the temptation to post an mp3 of Lydia singing
> "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". Well, it certainly is microtonal! Maybe
we
> need another spinoff list, tuning_parenting...
> kp
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--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
> Hi Kris,
>
> Ha, microtonal parenting, that's great. All grade school band or
> string concerts are more microtonal than most of the mp3's we post!
> Problem is, a lack of confidence and enthusiasm (not to mention the
> material) make it not as interesting as it should be, even as an ear
> stretching curio.

It's easy to over-romanticize the musicality of untrained kids. Some
of them do have a real and unique creativity, but many are merely
poor musicians that just aren't listening to what they're doing.

> Boy, I sure do wish someone would give me a simple golden meantone
> tubulong!

Dan, that doesn't seem like your style-- I think you would get bored
quickly with something so conventional. How about 13et or...?

kp

kp,

{you wrote...}
>--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
>It's easy to over-romanticize the musicality of untrained kids. Some of >them do have a real and unique creativity, but many are merely poor >musicians that just aren't listening to what they're doing.

Sheesh, I work with "professional" musicians like that all the time!

> > Boy, I sure do wish someone would give me a simple golden meantone
> > tubulong!
>
>Dan, that doesn't seem like your style-- I think you would get bored
>quickly with something so conventional. How about 13et or...?

I'd say Dan's style would have at least two, a golden and 13et, one for each hand, playing in collusion or collision!

Cheers,
Jon