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The harmonic structure of a song sometimes seems to restrict you.
If you play a certain note against a certain chord, they will clash.
However, having a strucure forces you to work with it in creative ways.

If you’re watching a sports match, the players follow rules.
It wouldn’t be interesting if they got into the stadium or court and just did whatever they wanted.
Some poems, for example, the haiku have a very specific structure too.
And the haiku can be beautiful.
The structure helps set up a groove in music and lends itself to creating patterns that are related.

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For a time I played around with synthetic reeds on saxophone….
Cane reeds were making me mad- I had switched mouthpieces, so my old reeds didn’t seem quite right with the new piece.
So synthetic reeds can be tempting! You just put them on and play a consistent reed….

But the sound isn’t as good.
You sacrifice a better sound for a consistent experience- a reed that lasts longer and each one you get plays the same.
But then I realized that it wasn’t worth it, I wanted a better sound again.
So I’m back on cane!

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