Hi Everyone,

Below is a post by a philosophy professor on what his experience of teaching online has been like during the pandemic year and what he has learned from it. I thought a lot of what he says is equally applicable to music education. So I am reposting it below. Discussion very much welcomed!

http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2021/06/what-zoom-removes.html

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Thursday, June 03, 2021
What Zoom Removes

Guest post by C. Thi Nguyen

The last Friedman etude!

Ok the next class on Chi Chi:
June 27, 7pm, 2021

Oliver Mayman will host it.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://temple.zoom.us/j/9846618495
Meeting ID: 984 661 8495

You should be able to add books to this list. What books do you think every musician should read???

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/bKk3g72?ref_=wl_share

Check out my list. What would you add to this? Put the amazon links below if you can.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LTR8E2OHOON4/ref=nav_wishlist_li…

or add directly to it:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/dgSzbiy?ref_=wl_share

books that a musician should read.

What is your biggest complaint about your instrument frame? What repairs have you been putting off because parts are too hard to find or too expensive to purchase? I've heard many complaints over the years and I want to offer solutions to all these problems. I'm not interested in cosmetic issues like chipping paint or color of the bars. I'm more interested in the sound of the instrument and performance of the frame. These are things I can help with. I want PIPERvibe.com to be the place everyone goes for upgrades, improvements, parts and repairs at a REASONABLE price.

My rendition of Etude #14 from Friedman's Dampening and Pedaling.

Here's an etude I recently composed for the vibraphone in F minor. It begins with arpeggios, switches to an expressive melody, then to a chorus section, and back to arpeggios. Four mallets and an understanding of pedaling required.

I've attached an .mp3 and a .pdf of the etude. The mp3 is *mostly* accurate.