Lol. In my own posts, I instead find it hard not to upvote everyone who comments things related to my post. I guess I feel so flattered that they take the time to read the posts.
Which reminds me that I should be getting more SP. I need SP o.o
And I really liked your post, btw, and I loved Debussy's Arabesque. It's a really pretty song.
I left you an upvote to make up for Greentomorrow :3
Yes, I did upvote all the comments in the past, but unfortunately my VP plummeted! Then I read a post that said anything below 2 cents was rounded to zero anyway (I don't have enough SP to be over 2 cents...). The combination of those two things made me stop upvoting every comment.
Which is unfortunate, because I do want to upvote comments. But let's see if I'm over 2cents!
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Great post man! Definitely something a lot of modern musicians need more education on. I personally tried to achieve this with some progressive metal music I worked on, but with fairly limited success, especially in that idiom, it takes a massive amount of skill to sucessfully achieve a convincing rubato, especially with so much percussion. Thank you for your post!
Wow, I thought you guys were in some respects ahead of us classically trained musicians! The benefits of not having conservatory training (in general!) is that you don't have certain habits bashed into you that you need to unlearn.
Sadly, this sort of skill (and others like improvisation) is lost to the majority of the Classical music world. Call it the the avoidance of risk in a field that is more and more marketed as something other than music....
Fantastic article. I remember reading about a Nocturne of Chopin's that when Chopin himself played it, he had the impeccable ability to keep a constant tempo with his left (rhythm) hand, while speeding up and slowing down with his right. I realized how difficult this was when I attempted it myself.
Yes, as a violinist it is easier when I play a concerto with an orchestra. The thrill of bending in and out of a structure is just amazing! However, some orchestras have more difficulty with it, it is just so ingrained to try and stay together.
However, I can imagine that if you are in charge of all the parts yourself, it would be fiendishly hard to do (on purpose!) at first. Especially as it has been trained out of us!
You should try and find some good fortepianists (Mozart era piano specialists!). If they are serious about their art, then they learn this technique pretty well.
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I liked the article, and most of the comments. In one of your comments you used the word "(improvisation)", that is something that for some reason seems to be being intentionally driven out of people over the last few decades. I think because it is to closely associated with individualism, if not everyone can do it then it has to be bad so we do away with it, it does not meet any hard and fast rules for being able to easily judge if it when it is done. If you can take a piece and have it meet all the "criteria" of computer perfection then it is good, if you improvise and add your own individualism to a piece then you did not do the music justice. Which one is better, the not so easy to judge one.
Yes, individualism had been driven out of music for a while now. Part of that is a result of needing a neat marketing package that doesn't offend anyone! Another is that true individualism is divisive, some people will like it and some people won't, and that takes artistic bravery!
With improvisation, it has largely been abandoned due to the inherent risks. You need to be courageous, knowing full well that you might be on fire or a complete dud in a given performance. Most musicians I know would prefer a middle road, take no risks option...
Hey, just wanted to let you know I gave you an upvote because I appreciate your content! =D See you around
No problem! You forgot to upvote, again!
Lol, I suppose they're just fishing for reciprocity toward their fake appreciation.
Probably, although it seems like they are comment spamming like crazy!
I enjoyed your comment so much, I will give you the upvote from @greentomorrow. And care of it, and pass it on to someone worthy!
Lol. In my own posts, I instead find it hard not to upvote everyone who comments things related to my post. I guess I feel so flattered that they take the time to read the posts.
Which reminds me that I should be getting more SP. I need SP o.o
And I really liked your post, btw, and I loved Debussy's Arabesque. It's a really pretty song.
I left you an upvote to make up for Greentomorrow :3
Yes, I did upvote all the comments in the past, but unfortunately my VP plummeted! Then I read a post that said anything below 2 cents was rounded to zero anyway (I don't have enough SP to be over 2 cents...). The combination of those two things made me stop upvoting every comment.
Which is unfortunate, because I do want to upvote comments. But let's see if I'm over 2cents!
Edit: woohoo!
You're over 2 cents already :P
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Great post man! Definitely something a lot of modern musicians need more education on. I personally tried to achieve this with some progressive metal music I worked on, but with fairly limited success, especially in that idiom, it takes a massive amount of skill to sucessfully achieve a convincing rubato, especially with so much percussion. Thank you for your post!
Wow, I thought you guys were in some respects ahead of us classically trained musicians! The benefits of not having conservatory training (in general!) is that you don't have certain habits bashed into you that you need to unlearn.
Sadly, this sort of skill (and others like improvisation) is lost to the majority of the Classical music world. Call it the the avoidance of risk in a field that is more and more marketed as something other than music....
Fantastic article. I remember reading about a Nocturne of Chopin's that when Chopin himself played it, he had the impeccable ability to keep a constant tempo with his left (rhythm) hand, while speeding up and slowing down with his right. I realized how difficult this was when I attempted it myself.
Yes, as a violinist it is easier when I play a concerto with an orchestra. The thrill of bending in and out of a structure is just amazing! However, some orchestras have more difficulty with it, it is just so ingrained to try and stay together.
However, I can imagine that if you are in charge of all the parts yourself, it would be fiendishly hard to do (on purpose!) at first. Especially as it has been trained out of us!
You should try and find some good fortepianists (Mozart era piano specialists!). If they are serious about their art, then they learn this technique pretty well.
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I liked the article, and most of the comments. In one of your comments you used the word "(improvisation)", that is something that for some reason seems to be being intentionally driven out of people over the last few decades. I think because it is to closely associated with individualism, if not everyone can do it then it has to be bad so we do away with it, it does not meet any hard and fast rules for being able to easily judge if it when it is done. If you can take a piece and have it meet all the "criteria" of computer perfection then it is good, if you improvise and add your own individualism to a piece then you did not do the music justice. Which one is better, the not so easy to judge one.
Yes, individualism had been driven out of music for a while now. Part of that is a result of needing a neat marketing package that doesn't offend anyone! Another is that true individualism is divisive, some people will like it and some people won't, and that takes artistic bravery!
With improvisation, it has largely been abandoned due to the inherent risks. You need to be courageous, knowing full well that you might be on fire or a complete dud in a given performance. Most musicians I know would prefer a middle road, take no risks option...
Yes we have become a safety conscious society to our own detriment.
This is really high level stuffs! Im really noob in all these classical music history and appreciation, thank you for the enlightment! :)
No problem! Always nice to look behind the curtain of someone else's field!