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| | Rhombus Publishing - Percussion Book - Relating Sound & Time |
 | | For years, I took the elements of sound and time for granted, failing to relate to them on a higher aesthetic level, focusing most of my early training on developing strong playing technique and learning vast amounts of repertoire. |
 | | The manner in which musical sound is perceived is subjective - we each have opinions and insights that could be collected and assembled as I have done with this project. |
 | | Chapter 2 "The Nature of Sound" is comprised of eight parts: nature's instruments, musical symbolism, Indian tabla, bird songs, Pygmies of Central Africa (as one example), sound used as a warning, sound used to show power, and sound used to raise chi. |
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