From simon@alphabeck.co.uk Mon Jul 18 09:03:31 2011
Subject:Re: Hammond & Leslie and SK1 & Ventilator ..
My wife plays the flute to grade 5 standard but she can't improvise or play by ear at all - she has to have written music. Conversely, I can't sight-read - I'm self-taught and I know musical theory, chords etc, but I can't read the dots. I can work out a melody or bass line from written music but it takes a long time, and by then I can play it from memory! I can also write music well enough to put together simple brass arrangements, bass parts etc.
Simon
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From: rafael2pop
To: CloneWheel
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:13 PM
Subject: [CWSG] Re: Hammond & Leslie and SK1 & Ventilator ..
Agree with the exception that at some time, precision can be an overwhelming goal so driving to lack of naturality . Improvisation requires of precision but this can be an obstacle to the first.
I've seen it on after eight years career of my son 26 yrs old at Univ. School of Music where he's learning classic guitar.
Best,
Rafael
Re: Hammond & Leslie and SK1 & Ventilator ..
Posted by: "David Jacques" djacques@csulb.edu hammonddave2004
Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:16 am (PDT)
Sorry, but I must disagree. I have taught creative lighting design to many graduate and undergraduate students from Japan and other eastern countries and they are as creative as their western colleagues. In fact, they usually have fewer discipline issues and are more focused which usually make them more accomplished students.
You may be mistaking creativity with their desire for precision. And we know that in music and art, you have to learn to be precise before you can improvise.
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