I don't remember a time that I first heard music in church and liked it. It must have been when I began to recognize I was in church, which definitely was early, early childhood. I'm 54 now, with several degree's in music, and still learning. Right now I'm exploring block chord scales, and melodies, in conjunction with tritone and perfect fourth voicings. Harmonic clusters (voicing in seconds) and compound extended chords with alterations. I'm experimenting with voice part combinations, where tenor or alto parts carry the melody, and the other voices are singing different tunes. I'm trying some alternate substitutions that are unusual, and finally combinations of voicings in which I am trying harmonic clarity verses harmonic obscurity along a continum of consonant intervals to dissonant intervals.
I spend a little time playing two, three, and four pitch voicings in my left hand, while my right hand solos, and voicings in my right hand while my left hand experiments with various bass melodies.
Experimentation is fun, when I have time to do it.
Organizing files and folders, as well as learning applications has become a new passion for me.
brother scott
