by motoshi-kosako | Jan 1, 2014 | Featured Blogs
As working musician, I often think about our role in society. I never had offical education in music, instead I graduated from the medical school of Tokyo University, with B.S., license of nursing and public health nursing, and worked for the medical school hospital,...
by motoshi-kosako | Jan 1, 2014 | Featured Blogs
Improvisation is often considered something special, unfamiliar and/or difficult to understand by many classical musicians, although, upon reflection, improvisation is probably the most common activity in our daily life. We engage in many different activities...
by motoshi-kosako | Jan 1, 2014 | Featured Blogs
What is music improvisation? I think there are numerous gradients between strictly playing written music and free improvisation. I am going to discuss 4 stages of these gradients. Stage 1) “Strictly playing note to note as it is written”; This is how we play classical...
by Harp Column Staff | Jan 1, 2014 | Featured Blogs
Improvisation, composition and arranging are all creative process. The biggest difference between these three processes is the amount of time available while creating music. When we are composing and/or arranging music, we can take time to research, think, experiment...
