{"id":35668,"date":"2018-11-13T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=35668"},"modified":"2020-10-22T04:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:00:15","slug":"tq-kourosh-dini-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-kourosh-dini-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Kourosh Dini, MD, on creativity in music practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes<\/a> are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\u201cCreativity is a guidance of play in resolving a vision.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Kourosh Dini, MD<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In improvised music, the creative element is obvious: choosing notes and rhythms. But in practicing composed music, the notes and rhythms are given us. In many cases, we\u2019re also told where to swell or fade, or when to slow down or speed up. So where does creativity enter?<\/p>\n

In practicing composed music, and developing our technical skills (speed<\/a>, precision, versatility, etc.), creativity comes in a different form.<\/p>\n

In Workflow Mastery<\/em>, Kourosh Dini<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cCreativity<\/em> is a guidance of play in resolving a vision.
\nOrganization<\/em> is a process of supporting and clearing a path for an intention\u2019s development.
\nOne is river; the other is riverbed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Playing composed music, we start with a degree of organization. The composer has created a scaffold with which we can build a piece of music. We\u2019ve got the blueprint.<\/p>\n

We then use our creativity to manifest it.<\/p>\n

We form a mental concept of the piece. We \u201chear\u201d it in our heads. We find the emotional meaning, the line of drama threading from the first note to the last. We envision sonic textures and forward movement. We may even create stories and plotlines to get deeper insight into the emotional character of the music.<\/p>\n

These are all creative acts. These are acts of imagination.<\/p>\n

Then to bring these imagined musical possibilities to life – this is the real act of creation. To sit down and create sounds that move ourselves and others to a premeditated emotion – this task is wrought with difficulty and challenge.<\/p>\n

And before any masterful act of expression, we first just have to get the notes. We have to get our fingers to the right places at the right times. And this is hard, too.<\/p>\n

Choosing the right tool for each job and toying with various elements of a problem<\/a> or tricky spot take creativity. They take experimentation, and trial and error (aka \u201cplay\u201d).<\/p>\n

In Dini\u2019s analogy, organization forms the riverbed through which the river of creativity can flow. Others have spoken similarly of \u201ccreative constraints\u201d. Organization is useful to the extent it facilites the creative play of musical practice – using our minds and bodies to resolve our artistic visions.<\/p>\n

Our vision of what we want to create (be it a piece of music, a skill, a physical experience, or anything else) guides our practice. How we get from where we are to the realization of that vision – this is our creative work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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