There's also the fact that a lot of music has a beauty and form that can
be lost if played too fast. Dance music is a good example and, in
particular, Morris. The tempo is everything and if you compare the tunes
played by the average guy and that played by someone involved in the
dance, I find the tune meaningless for the former yet inspirational by
the latter. Generally, music created for a purpose sounds better when
played "as if" for that purpose although I will accept the fact that
some tunes can be adapted and still retain the musicality.
I think we all agree that a beginner playing for speed is not what we
want to hear but an experienced player who raises the tempo can be
acceptable.
Colin Hill
On 18/12/2012 18:55, Roy Trotter wrote:
"Dance Music" has a function and is "fairly" useless if it is not used
as it was intended . I tend to try to think of those tunes in the
context of the dance. I know some people that need to think of it as a
race: "I'm the fastest on the block..." and we think " Meh, Beginner
....". Granted, the "proper" tempo tends to be pretty boring for
non-dancers. Still, I think developing the habit of the proper (useful)
tempo is always good. With no dancers, no audience, who cares? But there
might be an unpleasant answer to the question of "Why no ...? " You
reckon ?
There are plenty of tunes that might be more of a challenge. I
suspect that if you played 300 branles at "the proper speed" rather than
just one at 300 BPM people would hafta quit calling you "beginner". (Ha
Ha ?) One could develop that "taste", etc ... all sorts of wonderful things.
Roy T.
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