Porn for Music Theoryheads
(18 min and worth it)
To a certain kind of musician, the deathbed dictation scene from Amadeus was everything:
It was a courageous scene to even try. “Second measure, fourth beat on D. All right? Fourth measure, second beat – F!” is not generally Academy-bait banter, as Tom Hulce notes in this great behind-the-scenes clip:
And now, after thinking that scene couldn’t get any better, I stumble on this brilliant gem. For an even smaller subset of musicians — the kind that likes to peel back the skin and see the gleaming bones — this is just porn:
(Extra Credit: Find the theory error in the dialogue and put it in the comments.)