Chris Brody
@chrisbrody.bsky.social
Music theorist and pianist at University of Louisville, he/him, the most wonderful woolly baa-lamb that ever stepped
"This duplet/quadruplet notation from the sight-singing book is asinine, illogical, and unintuitive" — the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"This duplet/quadruplet notation from the sight-singing book is asinine, illogical, and unintuitive" — the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
A *Bach-keyboard-suite*-themed novel was advertised in the American Bach Society newsletter. I don’t see how I can call myself a scholar of the Bach keyboard suites and not read this. I’ll report back.
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A *Bach-keyboard-suite*-themed novel was advertised in the American Bach Society newsletter. I don’t see how I can call myself a scholar of the Bach keyboard suites and not read this. I’ll report back.
We had a lot of fun with this! Some fantastic compositions, all of them completely new to me, and wonderful performances.
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We had a lot of fun with this! Some fantastic compositions, all of them completely new to me, and wonderful performances.
Only about 30 more hours for this passage to haunt my nightmares 😬
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Only about 30 more hours for this passage to haunt my nightmares 😬
Always the biggest treat to play a chamber music concert in this space!
November 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Always the biggest treat to play a chamber music concert in this space!
They don't put music theory in fiction these days the way they used to. I hope someone has actually composed "Ecstasy on the Letter Z"
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
They don't put music theory in fiction these days the way they used to. I hope someone has actually composed "Ecstasy on the Letter Z"
This was the lovable Ohtani era, not this fucking Dodgers racket:
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This was the lovable Ohtani era, not this fucking Dodgers racket:
Unbelievable. I thought to myself "This guy looks like a relative of the Duchess from Alice in Wonderland," and ...
![According to Martin Gardner in The Annotated Alice, John Tenniel's drawings of the Duchess were inspired by Quentin Matsys's The Ugly Duchess (c. 1513) in the National Gallery.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dvctykdp3xtunwards4j5mqq/bafkreigubpv6rflbxyv4tkwqvxuz46kkdlnsmlwkraahco4odw6id4jay4@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Unbelievable. I thought to myself "This guy looks like a relative of the Duchess from Alice in Wonderland," and ...
Don’t even think about asking me how adding in the right hand is going
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Don’t even think about asking me how adding in the right hand is going
I feel like such a bad pianist when I just bite the bullet and write a fingering for every single note, but sometimes it feels like that’s what will just get me out of my head and let me move on 😂
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I feel like such a bad pianist when I just bite the bullet and write a fingering for every single note, but sometimes it feels like that’s what will just get me out of my head and let me move on 😂
My students called this my Sonata Theory tie 😡
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My students called this my Sonata Theory tie 😡
Who will out themselves as my kind of nerd by liking this brilliant little poem
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Who will out themselves as my kind of nerd by liking this brilliant little poem
Just a couple of janky phone photos here, but (relative to the score you can see in that youtube video) notice how much larger the noteheads are and how much less white space there is, without it looking even the slightest bit cramped. It's much easier to read!
October 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just a couple of janky phone photos here, but (relative to the score you can see in that youtube video) notice how much larger the noteheads are and how much less white space there is, without it looking even the slightest bit cramped. It's much easier to read!
The piece's A section is all about this motive, whose top note A5 can be harmonized in a variety of ways, but despite that yearning upward leap, can never go higher than A5. Until, of course, the best note in the whole piece.
September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The piece's A section is all about this motive, whose top note A5 can be harmonized in a variety of ways, but despite that yearning upward leap, can never go higher than A5. Until, of course, the best note in the whole piece.
Seriously though, it IS that note, the high B in m. 82—which breaks, on something like the 7th attempt, the registral ceiling of A5 established for the piece's opening motive in m. 2
September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Seriously though, it IS that note, the high B in m. 82—which breaks, on something like the 7th attempt, the registral ceiling of A5 established for the piece's opening motive in m. 2
It's this one, iykyk
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's this one, iykyk
Congratulations, Ed! I’m looking forward to this. @eklorman.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Congratulations, Ed! I’m looking forward to this. @eklorman.bsky.social
My students were talking about trying to get better grades on their homework assignments by using cute accoutrements like treble clef paper clips and all I could think about was
September 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My students were talking about trying to get better grades on their homework assignments by using cute accoutrements like treble clef paper clips and all I could think about was
My theory is that since the previous page had several measures of music in this similar (*but very different*) texture, whichever guy was in charge of engraving all those bracketed 3's went on autopilot, with goofy results
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My theory is that since the previous page had several measures of music in this similar (*but very different*) texture, whichever guy was in charge of engraving all those bracketed 3's went on autopilot, with goofy results
Genuinely what am I missing here. These 3's are nonsense, right?
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Genuinely what am I missing here. These 3's are nonsense, right?
I honestly love how, if you know how to read a baseball score, this tiny bit of information can only mean a walkoff grand slam
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I honestly love how, if you know how to read a baseball score, this tiny bit of information can only mean a walkoff grand slam