In Reply to: A question for the experts posted by Amphissa on October 25, 2006 at 12:20:35:
"...the phrasings of music should reflect speech patterns, the natural rhythms of language...."Playing a musical instrument is analagous to singing a song...except not with your own human voice. OK, hows that for an explanation?
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- OK, I'll take a stab at it...a WAG - Soundmind 14:04:38 10/25/06 (23)
- Too big. - jazztrumpet 21:38:49 10/26/06 (1)
- Re: Too big. - Soundmind 09:07:09 10/27/06 (0)
- Are you saying that you believe that's true?... - SE 05:10:13 10/26/06 (20)
- You might be surprised. - markrohr 07:00:40 10/26/06 (19)
- The next challenge.... - SE 11:09:01 10/26/06 (15)
- Actually, a much shorter way of saying this is - markrohr 12:15:11 10/26/06 (13)
- Thanks! Another challenge!:-)... - SE 13:00:57 10/26/06 (12)
- Yes! - markrohr 14:27:40 10/26/06 (11)
- "No matter how improvised, you are not hearing random sounds."... - SE 14:42:08 10/26/06 (10)
- Hey, we can all call it what we like. - markrohr 16:17:02 10/26/06 (8)
- "...but end up being less satisfying than music." You can stop right there. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:23:29 10/27/06 (0)
- Somewhat surprisingly, you're off my point?... - SE 03:56:56 10/27/06 (4)
- "Are you saying you group bird song with cat hissing?" Yup. - markrohr 06:55:14 10/27/06 (3)
- "It takes a certain level of intelligence to create music." Yes indeed. - clarkjohnsen 09:39:52 10/27/06 (0)
- "I find this to be an angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin argument." That's a misfire! - clarkjohnsen 09:33:37 10/27/06 (1)
- All fair points. I'll close (really!:-) with this... - SE 07:05:34 10/27/06 (0)
- Identifying something as music by its subject matter is a slippery slope. - jdaniel 19:22:40 10/26/06 (1)
- What you read...are you saying you agree with that view?... - SE 03:58:51 10/27/06 (0)
- Oops. That's "CAN only be put forth as fact". n/t - SE 14:44:23 10/26/06 (0)
- I think the difference is time . . . - markrohr 12:12:37 10/26/06 (0)
- This is an interesting idea... - John N 07:25:02 10/26/06 (2)
- Re: This is an interesting idea... - Amphissa 08:46:48 10/26/06 (1)
- Re: This is an interesting idea... - Soundmind 11:21:46 10/26/06 (0)