I don't think what the percussionist's tutor was trying to get out of the hapless mechanical student in the original post was really all that mysterious; sounds to me like the teacher wasn't very clear or resourceful. "Musicality" in this case, maybe most of the time, is not some ghost in the machine that can't be measured; it is quite simply small but measurable changes in "real" attributes of the sounds, and spaces between the sounds, that comprise the music. You can tweak a midi file to sound musical in the sense meant by this post, I am convinced. Small adjustments to velocity, duration, and pitch as appropriate in a musical context can do the trick. I sometimes wonder if metaphysical beliefs about the nature of music frequently blind teachers from developing practical suggestions that can help students improve in this area.
- At 12:28 PM 6/3/03 +0100, Steven D Sandiford wrote: >>Musicality - it's a hard thing to define, but such an easy thing to >>identify. >Sometimes I think I've wandered into the alt.finale.romantic-notions newsgroup. :) >Yesterday it was music too fancy to be notated, today it's mysterious musicality. I fear tomorrow will bring Music as Revelation. >Okay, okay, I know. But sometimes it does get a wee bit foggy 'round these parts. >Dennis ...happy to be working only on electroacoustics today. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
