Last week, there was quite a lively discussion on the comments to Halfling's blog, regarding the use of solfege vs. numbers in aural skills classes. I thought it would be a good idea to have some sort of discussion question every week, so here goes one:
Does any musician who reads this blog prefer the Eastman counting system (one-te, two-te) over traditional counting (one-and, two-and)? If so, why? If you prefer traditional (as I do), please tell me why as well. Ready, set, go...
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Holy crap, Murphy uses Eastman? He didn't do that when he was my lab band director. It just sounds so wrong with jazz rhythms.
The three reasons I like traditional:
1) Works better faster, as Dingus said.
2) The whole "te" thing just sounds ridiculous.
3) DWF uses Eastman...enough said.
I prefer the traditional method, for no other reason than it's the only one I know and have used :)
I spose I've never played in a big band thing, aside from just the church band with a couple of guitars and drums... so I haven't even had a real use for the counting system since I stopped the piano exams bak in 1998.
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