Week 44 - Medieval Music in the First Millenium
1. Stuff done this week I read chapters on Medieval music from Burkholder et al. (2014). For mandolin parctice, I practiced tremolo. This is a fundamental skill on the instrument, and a characteristic part of the sound of the mandolin in almost every kind of music that people play on the instrument. You hear it in "The Godfather" (Italian style) and you hear it in "Kentucky Waltz" (bluegrass style). Something I should be practicing much more; a sweet, smooth tremolo is rather pleasant to listen to. Also it is the only way to sustain notes on this instrument, for it does not have a great sustain. 2. Listening done this week Listened to a lot of tunes from Bradlee Scott's Postmodern Jukebox . Usually I dislike cover songs "in the style of..". We have had enough bluegrass versions of acdc songs and it is becoming a cheap trick to get a laugh from audiences. Scott Bradlee to some extent does this too, but there are some incredible gems. The...