kevgermany
ex Landrover Nut
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Some feedback so far.
I built a career in computers. Started way to long ago when BIG mainframes were puny compared to todays pcs. Way before the sinclair series... and the Apples.... And as for the now ubiquitous pc, I was going grey before that was released. This career in computers has put me into a very analytical way of thinking, I NEED to know how something works before I can use it. I need to know in detail. I need to understand. I really question doctors... And any other experts/specialists. Learning the sax has been a revelation, because for years I've been listening to music (rock, folk, classical and many other genres) without knowinghow music was built - or how it worked. About all I could say was that some things worked for me, others didn't. But why.... That was nearly impossible to answer. As I started playing, so I started learning about music, books, web resources, asking my wife (who's an excellent musician).... But it didn't really gel. I'd listen to music and recognise bits from one tune in another. I'd get confused between tunes. And not really know why, apart from a vague - they sound similar. Gradually things have been falling together. I'm recognising why some phrases excite - and others terminate.
And I was looking for the next step.
With Insights I've found it. Suddenly the boring chord notation is starting to mean something. And the different joins are shown plain and clear. It's not a rules book, like a traditional theory book - but a construction manual. Built around showing how so many of those super tunes are put together. And it's by exposing the constructions used by the great writers, that the learning becomes simplified. And the transposition. Brilliant concept. I'm well sold. Not on it just as a clear and understandable way to memorise (without learning the dots), but as a way to understand the tunes and so improvise. And as an expandable handbook of methods for building musical ideas into tunes/works. And at half the printed price as a download, it's really good value. There's also a good roadmap through the book, meaning that the learning can be mostly concentrated on what's used in the tunes you're working on. And then re-used in later ones. There's an excellent roadmap through the process included in the book.
A caveat - pre-knowledge of keys, chords, chord notation is assumed. It's not going to work if you're not playing an instrument. And you are going to have to do some work, but... And if you don't have a theory book - budget for that as well.....
And as for computers - they realised a long time ago that programs contain very little original code. Well I've just found out that tunes contain very little original music, either.
I built a career in computers. Started way to long ago when BIG mainframes were puny compared to todays pcs. Way before the sinclair series... and the Apples.... And as for the now ubiquitous pc, I was going grey before that was released. This career in computers has put me into a very analytical way of thinking, I NEED to know how something works before I can use it. I need to know in detail. I need to understand. I really question doctors... And any other experts/specialists. Learning the sax has been a revelation, because for years I've been listening to music (rock, folk, classical and many other genres) without knowinghow music was built - or how it worked. About all I could say was that some things worked for me, others didn't. But why.... That was nearly impossible to answer. As I started playing, so I started learning about music, books, web resources, asking my wife (who's an excellent musician).... But it didn't really gel. I'd listen to music and recognise bits from one tune in another. I'd get confused between tunes. And not really know why, apart from a vague - they sound similar. Gradually things have been falling together. I'm recognising why some phrases excite - and others terminate.
And I was looking for the next step.
With Insights I've found it. Suddenly the boring chord notation is starting to mean something. And the different joins are shown plain and clear. It's not a rules book, like a traditional theory book - but a construction manual. Built around showing how so many of those super tunes are put together. And it's by exposing the constructions used by the great writers, that the learning becomes simplified. And the transposition. Brilliant concept. I'm well sold. Not on it just as a clear and understandable way to memorise (without learning the dots), but as a way to understand the tunes and so improvise. And as an expandable handbook of methods for building musical ideas into tunes/works. And at half the printed price as a download, it's really good value. There's also a good roadmap through the book, meaning that the learning can be mostly concentrated on what's used in the tunes you're working on. And then re-used in later ones. There's an excellent roadmap through the process included in the book.
A caveat - pre-knowledge of keys, chords, chord notation is assumed. It's not going to work if you're not playing an instrument. And you are going to have to do some work, but... And if you don't have a theory book - budget for that as well.....
And as for computers - they realised a long time ago that programs contain very little original code. Well I've just found out that tunes contain very little original music, either.