As requested by VE, see attached.
thanks,
John
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"Victor Eskenazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
11/14/2008 01:18 PM
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Re: [NSP] An ear for drone music
John,
Please help.
It's been several years since I have responded. I replied to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] expecting that my comments would hit the list
serve. Obviously it hasn't. Would you please send this out on the
list for me? Thanx. Victor
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Victor Eskenazi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
They are indeed two very different scales.
The "one size fits all" methodology used in Western music requires a
deviation from the natural laws of nature. That's why, the low and
upper octaves on an "in tune" piano sound dissonant. The "in tune"
piano is slightly out of tune with the natural world, in any key.
A drone provides an ever present "center of the universe".
When playing your pipes you have a choice, to be in tune with the
natural world, OR to be in tune with the "one size fits all" world.
I highly recommend staying in tune with the natural world whenever
possible, it is ever so much more vibrant.
Some people acclimated to the "one size" world will hear the difference
and may say you are out of tune, most people will not notice a thing,
and the rest of the people will hear richer tones and may wonder why.
Have Fun!
Victor
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Subject: [NSP] An ear for drone music
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've observed that pipers (NSP, BP, GHP, whatever) who come from a
classical background have a "blind spot" in their hearing when it
comes
to drone music. I don't know if my observation is correct, and
recognize its potential for appearing inflammatory or prejudicial. I
certainly don't mean offense. I do think that growing up playing a
drone instrument does allow the piper to hear certain subtleties that
someone who grew up with a tempered scale and classical or even Rock
and Roll chordal progressions might not be able to hear. People with
years of music theory and academic expertise in music have tried to
convince me that such and such doesn't work, or that my pipes are "out
of tune". I spent a lot of time and energy trying to correct the
problem, because we all know musicians with lots of schooling and
degrees know more than I do, a mere piper. But my gut and my ear tell
me, they just don't hear the harmonics or the matching of the "out of
tune" notes with the drones. It could be that I simply like the play
between the wah-wah and the perfectly synched that is part and parcel
of drone music, and they don't.
What are your considered thoughts on the matter, please, my esteemed
colleagues?
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