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February 28, 2021
February 24, 2021
How to Practice Improvisation, from Chick Corea
I sure wish I’d heard about Chick Corea’s idea of gradients in practice while conducting research interviews for The Practice of Practice. It’s a little like the fractal nature of goals. Here’s what Mr. Corea had to say about gradients:
Freaky: AI “Pianist” Plays Black MIDI
The future is unevenly distributed. Soon it will be impossible for anyone but an expert to tell what’s human and what’s computer-generated. It can already be difficult or impossible for some to tell the difference. These A.I.-generated piano hands were created by Canadian-based Massive Technologies. Here are some of the latest uncanny valley examples from musicland:
Then they entered some Black MIDI. Black MIDI is touched on briefly in Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music.
Interesting footnote: Conlon Nancarrow was an early explorer in the field but he used player pianos.
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Is This America?
A beautiful tune by Pat Metheney, Christian McBride, and Antonio Sanchez, from the album Day Trip/Tokyo Day Trip Live
