Good quote from a great movie, Christopher!
A lutenist walks into a bar down South and gets plenty of empty beer
bottles thrown at him... They did not like his modernist bend on the
passomezzo
On 03/16/2018 01:51 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote:
Actually, I think the quote is:
"We got both kinds [of music]: Country AND Western" - the bartender in
The Blues Brothers. ;-)
Speaking personally, I see myself as an artist first, a musician second
and an instrumentalist (on various instruments including lute) third.
There's a Composer and improviser in the mix somewhere as well. I'm
happy to play any kind of music on any instrument. On the lute, I do my
best not to let my knowledge of HIP get in the way of making music.
That's a challenge sometimes!
Chris
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On Friday, March 16, 2018, 4:11 PM, guy_and_liz Smith
<guy_and_...@msn.com> wrote:
This, perhaps:
Louis Armstrong - "There is two kinds of music, the good & the bad. I
play the good kind."
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Personally, I'm a purist to the extent that I play only Ren music on
the lute or sackbut. I play modern music (symphonic band and jazz) on a
modern trombone. Works for me, but one of these days I might try jazz
with the sackbut. Some pieces might work nicely with a lutenist that
can read a jazz chart, and maybe a shawm or dulcian or cornetto...
Guy
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Some questions
Trick question: When Paul O'Dette plays an arrangement of a ragtime on
lutes, it that early music or modern music?
I am reminded of a quote by a jazz player (whose name escapes me now):
there are only two kinds of music, the good one and the other one.
Which one should we play on which instrument?
Whatever gets in the way of having fun with the music gets in the way
of good music. Whether arthritis or prejudices (that could be defined
as arthritis of the mind). Should playing the lute prevent us from
having fun with the music?
It is illogical in this space-time continuum to insist that
improvisation is a necessary skill for early music and refuse to play
contemporary music, don't you think?
Given the fact that there was a large amount of bad music published in
the 16th and 17th century, should not we be allowed to play bad
contemporary music?
Just sticking to the label of this thread...
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