Music in Motion
A Blog by Gondola Music.
Featured Posts
What Is A Personal Musical Voice?
What does it take to discover your personal expression as
a musician?
Written by Ariel Anurantha
Secrets Of Microtonal Notation
The ins and outs of transcribing microtonal music.
Written by Stephen Weigel
Where Does Music Come From?
An exploration of the metaphysics of music.
Written by Timothy Gondola.
Brain Soup| Part III
Brain Soup| Part III: Do You Feel That?
How music is unified by our shared anatomy.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Microtonal Transcription Basics
Who said there are only 88 keys on a piano…?
Written by Stephen Weigel
Brain Soup| Part II
Brain Soup| Part II: Mind-Brain-Body
How inseparable components of sound intertwine.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Self-Esteem And Improvisation
Can you only improvise as far as your self-esteem will take you?
Written by Ivan Lee
Brain Soup| Part I
Brain Soup| Part I: Embodied Spacetime
How the structure of the human brain means jazz will never die.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Arranging And Improvisation Are More Similar Than You Think.
The surprising overlap between these two musical fields.
Written by Matthew Suchman.
The Benefits of Software in Transcribing
How to leverage audio software to facilitate transcribing.
Written by Tom Parker.
The Power of the Circle of Fourths – A Hero’s Continuum
A Hero’s Continuum– the versatile utility of the Circle of Fourths.
Written by Mitchell Wooldridge.
The Muse and The Well
How to sound like a pro within Day 1 of learning the piano.
Written by Timothy Gondola.
How Does Being A Transcriber Affect Your Musicianship?
How transcribing helps you find your musical voice.
Written by Nota
The Great Musical Genius of the 20th Century
A biography of the most virtuosic jazz pianist of the 20th century– Art Tatum.
Written by Ariel Anurantha
Big Hands versus Small Hands
Are big hands really an advantage at the piano?
Written by Mitchell Wooldridge
The Challenges of Transcribing and Arranging
The unique difficulties of this musical work.
Written by Piano VI.
What Is A Transcription?
Artifact? Sheet music? Educational material? Discover the hidden purposes of transcriptions.
Written by Timothy Gondola.