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Dave Williams
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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 07-18-2003 11:19 PM
I actually tried both trumpet and flugehorn, but sucked badly at both. I was always horrible at brass for some reason, but could kick some ass all over the place.
Also, could not play the guitar, just the Bass. My fingers were always too wide and I could not put my finger on anything less than two strings.
I would love to do vocals, tried it once with a band for one gig, but my vocal cords were so sore afterward that I couldn't speak for a week.
Of course I was singing songs from ACDC, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, for a nice small crowd of about 800. It was so loud I don't think that anyone noticed if I sucked or not. Then again, neither did I.
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Michael Schaffer
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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 07-19-2003 05:06 AM
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I find this an interesting problem. For instance, I can read and comprehend the sports section of the newspaper despite the fact that I do not follow sports. Just as the laws of language remain consistent regardless of the subject, the laws of music notation apply to more than one style of music.
Obviously, I am missing something. What are the factors at work here?
Several factors.
Although they all use the same basic symbols, different styles of music do actually use different styles of notation.
Some musical styles use more short symbols and leave more open to interpretation and improvisation. On the other hand, even "classical" music notation which is generally believed to be very accurate, so that you supposedly only have to read and play what is written on the page, is in fact much less accurate or constricted as many people think.
The term "classical" also comprises about 4 centuries of vastly diverse musical styles, all of which have very different notation and playing conventions.
More importantly, just like language which you do not read letter by letter, but in larger units, you do not read music note by note but also in larger contexts. If you are familiar with a certain style of music, you grasp the important parameters, melody, harmony, dynamics, phrasing and articulation, much more quickly then when you are not very familiar with a style of music.
If you can read the sports section fluently, then also because you are familiar with the terms used. Correspondingly, reading a text with many unfamiliar terms is much more difficult and you will not be able to read as fluently.
In music, you have the additional challenge of actually playing the music which, no matter how good you are, is rarely as practiced and natural as speaking.
To carry the comparison further, you can not fluently read aloud all the different languages which are recorded in the Roman alphabet without devoting considerable time and study to each of them.
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William Hooper
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From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 07-22-2003 03:34 AM
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The light doesn`t blind you, as the stage is lit from above
The light's in your eyes, or they can't see your eyes.
Although it would be fun to light a show so all the people looked like they were in the mind-sucking beam in Earth vs. The Flying Saucers.
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Also, the stage seats in the Philharmonie are upholstered
Keep it up, & next time you sit on the wobbly cover over the trap.
Manny wrote:
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I've known several talented pianists over the years who could play EITHER classical or pop/rock but only a few could play anything you put before them.
The first time it happened I assumed that the gentleman did not want to play pop/rock songs because he didn't enjoy that type of music. But, as I have said, there are now more than "a few" musicians who can play either one style or the other.
Assuming they both had music written for piano, the only reason would be panic & fear of not producing a performance that would be acceptable to their own standards. You are correct, that outside styles to which musicians become accustomed & prefer, they will frequently refuse to play.
Harry Robinson's a session man; he'll play what ya got.
Musicians who perform in theater orchestras will play what ya got. Most of the guys from the musicians' union will play what ya got, with results reflecting what they usually do best.
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