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Learning New Songs from Transcriptions

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I know I learn best when I can both hear and read the music. But sometimes a transcription will catch my eye and I just want to learn it. Sometimes I’m in the mood to learn something (a modal tune or cross tuning piece, etc.) and I skim through my collection of books. Sometimes, […]

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Coleman’s March / Lady of the Lake

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m still confused by what tune this actually is but tonight I learned (that is memorized) the 3rd song in a set by Pete Sutherland. Apparently there are multiple songs out there with the same names AND the same tune with multiple names. The one I learned tonight starts like this:

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