Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Wed, March 17, 2010 7:16 am, dhbailey wrote:
On the other hand, in my opinion, the reality of the
situation is that string players can't swing because
nobody's taught them how. Nobody's made them play swing
music. It's not that they can't, they just need to learn.
This makes no sense to me. How could string players have missed this? Doesn't
everybody playing any instrument play at least a little pop or jazz -- even to
earn supplementary income -- if they were born after, say, 1930? No? Yes? I'm
not really in touch with the lives of string players, but still...
No -- most school and youth orchestras don't do swing stuff,
sticking to the classics instead.
And in most private string lessons, they're often studying
with string teachers who have never had to swing and have
never been interested in it so the teachers don't expose
their students to it.
The lucky students will study with teachers who will say,
now that you've got a good handle on the classical
repertoire listen to how Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti
and Ray Nance have handled the violin in the jazz world.
Now listen to what Jean-Luc Ponty showed the world back in
the 1970s. And listen to the Kronos Quartet and hear how
diversified their styles are. Now let's learn how to swing.
But that sort of teacher is all too rare in the string world.
--
David H. Bailey
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