- Original Message -
From: John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Or perhaps more simply, a blueprint from which the real music must be
> constructed or reconstructed.
> But music, like dance and theater, is a recreative art. It is their
nature
> to be constantly recreated, and therefore danc
Liudas wrote (enjoying your comments very much!)
>
>And in general it has
>been argued that all music only exists to be played/listened to. The notes
>on the page are only a carrier, a time machine of sorts.
Or perhaps more simply, a blueprint from which the real music must be
constructed or recon
At 10:11 PM +0100 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
I said:
>So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational
transfer,
>we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and
>then recording.
And Christopher replied:
Assuming, it would seem, t
I said:
> >So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational
transfer,
> >we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and
> >then recording.
And Christopher replied:
> Assuming, it would seem, that perfection is the goal, rather than an
> interesting an
At 11:57 AM +0100 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
I would like to offer a radically different view of music notation:
Ever since we have had something to write on, we have always had two
parallel forms of propogating our music tradition: (1) There is the
"aristocratic" way of getting a gi
At 11:57 AM 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
>So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational transfer,
>we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and
>then recording.
I would say that, in comparing notation to memory, which one is the least
pe
- Original Message -
From: John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> jef: I am enjoying the discussion and learning from it, and by no means
> arguing for the sake of argument. You and I obviously have very different
> musical backgrounds.
>
> >
> >how important is notation to pop and rock mus
