Yes!
Richard.
On 17/06/2011 10:49, Matt Seattle wrote:
Lotsa fun here - Adrian's inspired '6 classes' made me laugh out loud
As for 'tradition', it is a neutral, value-free term, there are good
traditions and bad - human sacrifice was traditionally practised in
some cultures..
As for 'can you play' - in one sense, of course Anthony can play,
Adrian can play, and so on. In another sense, none of us can play.
Music is a manifestation of Grace beyond all of us. If we are
fortunate, occasionally Music visits our stumbling endeavours, and we
are blessed. To place a method of articulating notes (detached
fingering) above all other considerations - the most obvious being
'which notes?' - is, I venture, missing the point of the exercise.
As for Billy Pigg, as has been said here before, his 'Wild Hills' was
what pulled many of us in here. It's not pure anything, in the sense of
the detached style of the mining areas, or the lilting rhythms of the
hill tribes, and it's not faultless playing. But it is pure magic.
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