In the key of b
To start out, let's explore the realm of music and its part in Dan and Nate Journey America. Essentially, music is our end before the beginning and beginning after the end. I have come to realize that all has a beginning and an end, each one oscillating back and fourth like that of any note played on an instrument.
The bagpipes play in the key of b. I am learning that there are certain chords or notes that I can play on my guitar that harmonize with the bagpipes. No matter how well I play the guitar, it will not sound right with the pipes played in any other key than b.
I am in the early stages of learning about the finer points of playing in harmony with multiple instruments, mostly through paracticing with Nate at the Queens University auditorium and music hall. During our paractices at night we find many young advocate musicians practicing late nights. One memorable girl wondered in to our practice in the lower stage after hearing the guitar and bagpipes and was very curious. Since we just jam during our practice, which means we freestyle play to mix our instruments, this girl wanted to play her oboe with us. Wow, what a beautiful instrument. So, being a avid music therapy major, she shed light on playing in key with other instruments. We proceeded to play together in the key of c, without the bagpipes that is, just because we all wanted to stay in the same room together!
So, these are some of the basics we 're learning to our music, but where does this fit into the journey? Perhaps it has already become therapy for both Nate and myself. No doubt Nate and myself are good friends just based on music itself. The accomplishment of creating our own music and molding it into a catchy tune seems uplifting in all areas of our life, and just as the journey isn't just one person, Nate's way to success on the tennis tour seems to lie hand in hand with his other passion.
It seems as I look around, the things I see are consistent, but how they come across to me changes as I change. I think it is going to be difficult as we tour the country in that some of the people we meet we are going to grow close to, but none the less we have to keep moving on.
- Danny
The bagpipes play in the key of b. I am learning that there are certain chords or notes that I can play on my guitar that harmonize with the bagpipes. No matter how well I play the guitar, it will not sound right with the pipes played in any other key than b.
I am in the early stages of learning about the finer points of playing in harmony with multiple instruments, mostly through paracticing with Nate at the Queens University auditorium and music hall. During our paractices at night we find many young advocate musicians practicing late nights. One memorable girl wondered in to our practice in the lower stage after hearing the guitar and bagpipes and was very curious. Since we just jam during our practice, which means we freestyle play to mix our instruments, this girl wanted to play her oboe with us. Wow, what a beautiful instrument. So, being a avid music therapy major, she shed light on playing in key with other instruments. We proceeded to play together in the key of c, without the bagpipes that is, just because we all wanted to stay in the same room together!
So, these are some of the basics we 're learning to our music, but where does this fit into the journey? Perhaps it has already become therapy for both Nate and myself. No doubt Nate and myself are good friends just based on music itself. The accomplishment of creating our own music and molding it into a catchy tune seems uplifting in all areas of our life, and just as the journey isn't just one person, Nate's way to success on the tennis tour seems to lie hand in hand with his other passion.
It seems as I look around, the things I see are consistent, but how they come across to me changes as I change. I think it is going to be difficult as we tour the country in that some of the people we meet we are going to grow close to, but none the less we have to keep moving on.
- Danny
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