Yes, it IS possible to learn how to play by ear and/or take music dictation, even if you don’t have perfect pitch. Are you or your students struggling with their ear training for music theory class or just would like to play that new pop song “by ear?” Are you wondering what to do when […]
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The score is not the music. Dear Performer or Director: If you have already performed my music, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Thank you for being progressive enough to consider performing new music. Thank you for spending the time practicing music that’s unfamiliar, that no one else has yet interpreted. Please realize that having you
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© September 23, 2020, Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke | For the last fourteen months, a red foil Dove Chocolate wrapper with a succinct proverb printed on the silver and white inside has been taped to my computer monitor’s frame. Its saying? “Be fearlessly authentic,” by Sotiria S. from New Jersey. (High five to Mars, Inc., for crediting
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