Diary: Shut Up And Play Your Guitar

Amazing playing week: big band UM Farmington Creative Arts Ensemble, duo with Gustavo Aguilar at Bates, Elliot Sharp's 60th at Issue Project Room, Who Killed Boo Boo? at INTAR, and New Music Tuesdays with Miguel Frasconi and Kingdom of Jones. So good to step outside the role of paper composer. Shut up and play your guitar! I will, but I'd also better sharpen my pencils.

Theory of the Day: Giant Steps again!

Giant Steps is not primarily a progression in thirds but a meditation on the triple character of an augmented triad. On a guitar, this is an easier way to organize the materials in a way that is fluidly tri-modal (B, Eb, G).