The Sary Method

The Sary Method is a compilation of exercises and studies which develop appreciation and skills partly for contemporary music (such as the works of Cage, Stockhausen, Jeney, Wolff, Boulez, Tom Johnson, Toch, Eotvos and Sary) and partly for music as part of life. The Sary Method consists of some basic questions concerning new ways of musical thinking and practising. It helps to compose music, to develop memory and improvisational skills, to increase concentrational abilities. The Sary Method can also be used for practising chamber music.

The Method is based on a collection of activities, examples, explanations, music games, text-music pieces and performance pieces. The collection consists of various instructions mostly without music notation: it is called text-music. People who have not learnt music or have no connection to music can also use the collection. Each exercise can be accomplished more than one way, depending on the player. One of the great advantages of the Method is the lack of need to be a professional or advanced player to be able to use it. One can play the exercises with people who have never learnt music, but the exercises can also be performed by professional musicians.

The aim of the exercises is to find individual solutions after the analyses of each activity. One should aim for many versions of a solution. By following the Sary Method one can learn a great deal more than if one only keeps repeating old schemes.


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