This is really some self-indulgent Eb Major noodling. Not very much thought involved here.
This brings up an interesting subject - is there a time when it's acceptable to not be serious and laser focused while improvising - as in the pun-intended above "major noodling"?
Let's get to the bottom of this and succinctly. Fortunately the disease to over-analyze in my youth has somewhat subsided with age. The bottom line is the result here. This is why it's interesting to me - when I listen to todays piece I can't tell that I was shooting noodles from the hip. If I can't tell right after creating it, how or what is anyone else going to notice?
This is where analyzing music and rocket science shouldn't be combined - it's futile. If you're a brainiac scientist with few peers and you arrive at a conclusion based on scientific experimentation, you might be the first to know a fact that no one else ever knew before. If you're a brainiac musician with few peers and you arrive at a conclusion based on years of experience and knowledge and a keen ear for what you are hearing, you also might be the first person to discover something no one else ever knew before.
But, the scientist discovered a fact, a fact that everyone in the rest of the world has to accept as truth. The musician discovered a fact, a fact that the rest of the world doesn't care at all about. Music isn't fact, it's all theory and everyone has their opinion. You might agree with someone on what a particular piece means to you, or even on the emotional response, but that can change with the same people and piece tomorrow.
This brings up an interesting subject - is there a time when it's acceptable to not be serious and laser focused while improvising - as in the pun-intended above "major noodling"?
Let's get to the bottom of this and succinctly. Fortunately the disease to over-analyze in my youth has somewhat subsided with age. The bottom line is the result here. This is why it's interesting to me - when I listen to todays piece I can't tell that I was shooting noodles from the hip. If I can't tell right after creating it, how or what is anyone else going to notice?
This is where analyzing music and rocket science shouldn't be combined - it's futile. If you're a brainiac scientist with few peers and you arrive at a conclusion based on scientific experimentation, you might be the first to know a fact that no one else ever knew before. If you're a brainiac musician with few peers and you arrive at a conclusion based on years of experience and knowledge and a keen ear for what you are hearing, you also might be the first person to discover something no one else ever knew before.
But, the scientist discovered a fact, a fact that everyone in the rest of the world has to accept as truth. The musician discovered a fact, a fact that the rest of the world doesn't care at all about. Music isn't fact, it's all theory and everyone has their opinion. You might agree with someone on what a particular piece means to you, or even on the emotional response, but that can change with the same people and piece tomorrow.