Posts by LEGATTO
You know more about music than you think.
Music education has oscillated between two extremes: rigid methods that can stifle curiosity and unstructured learning that hinders profound progress. We explore what needs to change and how a freer, more rigorous, humane, and Latin American-focused music education could be built.
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Music education needs to evolve.
Music education has oscillated between two extremes: rigid methods that can stifle curiosity and unstructured learning that hinders profound progress. We explore what needs to change and how a freer, more rigorous, humane, and Latin American-focused music education could be built.
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Music and grief: why we need songs to say goodbye
When words fall short, music steps in. We explore why songs accompany grief, trigger memories, and help us say goodbye to those we love.
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The music that is not written: oral tradition and collective memory
Some melodies seem to discover themselves as they unfold. We explore how repetition, contour, tension, memory, and expectation can make a note feel inevitable.
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What makes a melody feel inevitable?
Some melodies seem to discover themselves as they unfold. We explore how repetition, contour, tension, memory, and expectation can make a note feel inevitable.
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Circle Singing: what it is and how to create music with other voices
Voice · improvisation · collective listening. What is Circle Singing? Imagine someone singing a phrase of just three notes. Several people repeat it. Another voice joins in, playing a bass line. Someone adds rhythm with their mouth. Another person finds a harmony, and little by little, what was silence just seconds ago begins to transform…
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Why does music help us remember places and people?
A song can act as a cue to remember people, places, and times. We explore how this happens and how to bring that memory into songwriting.
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The doorbell: the secret personality of sounds
Timbre distinguishes the same note played by different sources. Learn to listen to it and make it a decision in composition and production.
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Creating a song from scratch: from impulse to language
The body produces rhythm, voice, and gesture; it also participates in listening. A guide to using breath, movement, and clapping as the foundation of musical practice.
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The body as the first musical instrument
The body produces rhythm, voice, and gesture; it also participates in listening. A guide to using breath, movement, and clapping as the foundation of musical practice.
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