Category: Jamuary 2021
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Jamuary 28, 2021 – 1956 – An Ascent of Manaslu Mountain
This one was fun as I got to go all spacey.. Today’s challenge was “1956” but it didn’t give much more direction than that… so I took some liberties. May 9th, 1956 was witness to the first ascent of Manaslu Mountain, among the Himalaya Mountains, by a Japanese mountain climbing team. Of that team, Toshio…
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Jamuary 27, 2021 – Happy song minor key – Night is the happiest time
This one was a bit tricky because I started to read up on minor keys and then decided I didn’t want to learn any more music theory for the moment. Instead, I went with what was much more readily available and that was my voice: The idea behind this challenge, in my mind, was to…
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Jamuary 26, 2021 – Motet – Jesu Dulcis Memoria
Some of the challenges put forth this month proved to be a touch more difficult than I would have thought. Not only did I have to read up on what the style was but, once I knew what it was, I also had some difficulty determining how I would best go about accomplishing the task.…
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Jamuary 25, 2021 – Object as Instrument – Spicy Glass Container
Some of these challenges I know I can do, today’s challenge of using an object as an instrument is one of them: I knew I was going to use one of the following objects as an instrument, it just remained to be tested to see which one would sound best. I debated whether I…
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Jamuary 24, 2021 – Cm7 – Piano Variations on Cm7
Another learning experience today as I had to study up on what the Cm7 was and how to use it. And then I tinkered away with it and did several runs up and down the octaves and this is what came out: The Cm7 is four notes played together: C Eb G and Bb, it…