Several weeks ago, I walked out of Wal-Mart to find that my 1996 Buick Skylark wouldn’t start. The starter worked, but it sounded like it wasn’t getting any fuel. So we had it towed in and the mechanic replaced a faulty ignition switch. Strange, I thought, since the starter didn’t seem to be the problem, …
Monthly Archives: August 2008
The Tao of Grading Systems
Most people seem to enjoy my classes, but most of my students are in agreement regarding their hatred of the seven-point grading system I have used. I can understand their dislike for it, and I can understand the reasons. I don’t generally go into detail in my classes about the reasons for using this system, …
New Shirts
Two new designs join the Music Theory SuperMegaPlex! The first is for anyone who has incorrectly analyzed a dominant thirteen as one of those elusive iii9 (or, worse yet, iii6/9) chords. You know who you are… The other is a shout out to one of my most underappreciated peepz, tenor clef. Don’t be dissin’ my …
Back in the Saddle
Some blogger I am, not posting anything since March! I’m resolving to change that now, though… fall semester starts on Monday and there is plenty to talk — er, blog — about. First, of course, is that I’m back at UNC for another final year, filling in as Interim Director of Music Technology while the …