It has recently been brought to my attention that the chanting aspect is indeed part of the prayer process and serves to open a clear channel to God(or whomever one believes in...) so that the person praying/playing and the listener are both involved more fully in the blessing. I suppose, in other words, it widens the road in between earthlings and the Divine.
Tbug On Jun 21, 6:28 am, Taube <[email protected]> wrote: > It was either Oscar Peterson or Erroll Garner who always "hummed" or > vocalised while playing. Even more interesting is that the > vocalisation captured on disc was several bars ahead of what he was > playing on the ivories. It always sounds like a tuneful "eh eh eh eh > eh." I think I have a Garner 45 of "Misty", so I'll check this > afternoon. Course Mr. Statman's "chanting" could be an almost > autonomic function learned as part of the prayer process, "davening" > and chanting etc. No one stands still or quiet and just read the > Torah. > > Wee Taube > > > On Jun 15, 2:50 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark, > > > I was sort of under the impression at first that Andy's vocalizing was > > > possibly a chant of some sort, but then it dawned on me(duh) that he's > > > also a very accomplished clarinet player and maybe, when he's caught > > > up in the music, that he feels the need to push air out of his lungs > > > the same way that he does when he's playing the clarinet. > > > > Taterbug > > and Mark's earlier question... > > > > > Also, does anyone else here vocalize when playing and does it help > > > > your playing any? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
