So … here I am. I’m home. Finally.
This was one long day, with some extra excitement thrown in for style.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m acting like a goofy person who thinks her day was busy so she wants someone to feel for her. But oh well. I gotta do what I gotta do. 😉
In Other … much more interesting … News
I realized (and yes, I’m embarrassed) I called the author of the book This Is Your Brain on Music “Mr.” when he’s “Dr.”. I do apologize, Dr. Levitin!
And speaking of Dr. Levitin, he did say I could share his email with readers, so here you go:
You’re right — oboes (or any other instrument) have lots of different timbres.
Every oboe sounds different from every other, even playing the same note (timbre) and even one note on the same oboe has a lot of different timbres, depending on how it’s played. I was just trying to simplify. Maybe I should add this clarification to the paperback edition.
I continue to read the book (as you already know) and there’s some stuff I’ll blog about eventually. When the mind is more alert. One thing I realized was that, much of the time, when Dr. Levitin cites various pieces by “pop” musicians I don’t know if I know the pieces. I’d have to hear them to know. Funny, because I suspect some readers will recognize the pop titles and not know that they know the classical works he cites. (For instance, William Tell Overture.) Oh … and I wonder about referring to the Tchaikovsky as “Nutcracker Suite” rather than just “The Nutcracker”. (And I have a very funny story about that but it’s too late to tell it tonight. If you beg I might tell it to you!)
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