Re: The metronome doesn't lie Re: The Joy of Slooooow playing

"Robert Firestone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kotschessa) wrote in message
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> > Because playing metronomically is not playing musically.
>
> Sure it is- I am writing a piece called "The Musical Metronome" which
> is to be played "as a robot might".
>

Love it!  Robert, you have just caught me breaking one of my own rules,
which is to not make statments like I made.  ("Because playing
metronomically is not playing musically." ) Something went off in the back
of my head, actually thinking that some smart ass might be out there
composing such a thing.  <G> That's modern composition, and that's art -
always somebody out there ready to contradict and challenge assertions made
by the likes of people like me.

I started working on an etude which requires one to play with extremely bad
form and technique for a few measures at a time.  My idea was that the
player switches between "good" and "bad," so he can truly hear the contrast
and recognize the difference.  I thought it might be useful to be able to
"snap out" of bad form if one catches oneself wandering.  Of course like
with everything else, I'm writing this for myself.  I have some real form
problems, mostly because of years of non-classical playing.  A Pepe Romero
album I bought recently made me insanely envious and obsessed with tone...

-D