Verschlagwortet: Modern Music

The motivation for writing (and playing) fiendishly difficult music is….

The motivation for writing (and playing) fiendishly difficult music is….

Right now I’m practicing a lot of contemporary music (which sometimes can happen). And sometimes – when I try to decipher another one of these over-complicated bars with 20 different dynamics on 20 different notes, notated on 5 staves and with lots of the typical quirks of contemporary music notation – my mind wanders….why do I actually bother?