Hello, long time since I've been around!
Life has been keeping me busy and I wasn't able to play guitar for a longer while but I never gave up on music. I got interested and inspired by Marty Friedman's playing style and his musical choices and I tried catching up on as much interviews and stuff like that as possible and at some point he said something like "you just need to stay in touch with Japanese music and let it soak in to really adapt their harmony. you need to listen to and play folk music and start learning the patterns they have in common."
Music is something you learn all your life, i know. There's probably not much of a shortcut you can take to learn Japanese musical tendencies over the Western harmony that is overflowing with media and people you can learn from.
I came across a certain series on Amazon, Japanese Music Harmony by Kayano Chino and since I'm neither a Kindle nor Amazon user, I'm really hesitant to give it a try (especially since it feels pricey for not so many pages these contain). I was wondering if anyone at GMC has had contact with any of these books and could give me an honest opinion as to, if it's worth the money or not.
I'm hoping I will be able to get back to GMC and be a regular visitor again!
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Adam Japanese Music Theory Dec 27 2022, 12:59 AM
