Re: Death to homophonic harmonies!

[Ed Durbrow <edurbrow@sea.plala.or.jp>]

When rock musicians study formal music theory, the thing that usually 
grabs them and sets them off in excitement is counterpoint. Maybe 
improvising counterpoint lines, thinking linearly, would be 'out of the 
box'.

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:48 AM, Rob Jellinghaus wrote:
> But this is actually a very interesting question.  How do you get out of 
> a musical "rut"?  I keep finding myself making relatively similar 
> improvisations.  On the one hand, I feel I should just do what comes 
> naturally, since it's an expression of my musical instinct -- and I need 
> practice at everything I do with looping-wise.  But on the other hand, 
> harmonies are very easily overdone and there is an infinity of other 
> possibilities.

Ed Durbrow
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