#bassic

If a musician studies a score and doesn’t post about it on social media, does it still count? No point in risking it, which is why the VAN social media channels see a steady flow of visually pleasing, life-envy-inducing photographs of scores being studied. From carefully-placed pencils, symmetry or graceful asymmetry, to flat whites, whiskey, beloved pets and quite a few bouquets of flowers, there are myriad ways to create the perfect score-study aesthetic. I critiqued some of the most striking creations.