Cynthia Cathcart wrote:
At 11:46 PM 2/4/03 -0500, you wrote:
And Scott Joplin *was* classically trained. He studied classical piano
as a child. He studied music theory at the George R. Smith College for
Negroes in Sedalia, Missouri. Initially it had been his ambition to
become a classical
Cynthia Cathcart wrote:
At 11:46 PM 2/4/03 -0500, you wrote:
And Scott Joplin *was* classically trained. He studied classical
piano as a child. He studied music theory at the George R. Smith
College for Negroes in Sedalia, Missouri. Initially it had been his
ambition to become a
At 10:55 AM 2/4/03 -0800, you wrote:
He eventually yelled at
me and threw me out for good when he found out that I was playing
traditional music.
That just makes me cringe! I can't stand teachers like that. Actually, no,
I change that. I appreciate teachers like that, because those students
At 11:46 PM 2/4/03 -0500, you wrote:
And Scott Joplin *was* classically trained. He studied classical piano
as a child. He studied music theory at the George R. Smith College for
Negroes in Sedalia, Missouri. Initially it had been his ambition to
become a classical pianist and composer.
At 09:34 AM 2/3/03 -0800, Toby Rider wrote:
I think we get into big trouble when we start applying art music
standards of what is good to any kind of traditional music, whether it be
Scottish trad. music or jazz.
First, I agree completely with your observation, Toby, that styles change.
What
Cynthia Cathcart wrote:
Traditional musicians can sound dead-wooden as well, but luckily they
tend to be fewer and farther between. Does anyone have theories on why
this seems to be so?
Not just traditional, but self-taught in general, or informally taught.
I don't think that people with
At 01:55 AM 2/3/03 +, Jack Campin wrote:
assuming the equipment was adjusted right for both
recording and playback, they will be *exactly* what he meant.
I think that was the problem with what we studied in college. We suspected
that the equipment was NOT adjusted properly, because it was
Interesting that Scott Joplin comes up at this time. I'm taking a
course on the History of Jazz, and we just listened to what is probably
the same recording. It's a scratchy 78 RPM recording of Maple Leaf Rag
from a player piano playing a roll recorded by Joplin.
I actually heard it before
