Klarinet Archive - Posting 000302.txt from 2000/03

From: klar-ANN-ette H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A thread of words
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:40:12 -0500

On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:33:27 GMT Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay) writes:

>To Kevin
>The point I wanted to make about the 'toys' was one you represented very
>well yourself (using a completely different technique) in your 'spoof'
>recommendations, I thought.

yea, i dig the spoof too, man.
>
>I'm of the view that our job is to try to get the ideas across.
>Discussing how we're using words, as we go along, is a useful way to do
>this. But there's no implication that our use of any words is the
>'right' one, because different words have different halo(e)s of meaning
>to different people. I couldn't continue to use 'toys', even after my
>redefinition of what it meant to me in "we fall in love with the toys,
>you see," because it didn't have that meaning for Walter, for example,
>and therefore presumably for others -- especially after his post.
>
>Anyone prepared to follow my subsequent struggle to find another
>appropriate way of saying it would have got a much better idea of what I
>was on about in the process.

The search for accuracy, clarity, & variety can be useful. Instinct is
great, and so is intellect, especially when the two interact and inform
each other. When both work together, 'Katy bar the door!'

>This is perhaps one reason why I disagree that for students and
teachers,
>> the format works so much better than the written word for much of
it...
snip

Like written music--the symbols carry certain information. Context
(composer, style period, tempo & charater words, articulations, education
of assumptions and conventions in the notation convey a lot more.
Hearing live examples in performance, workshop or lessons conveys another
whole level of information.
Being able to justify and explain artistic choices.

Levels: explict/obvious. contextural/implied. inspired/artistic.

My interests are in analogies, ways to approach problems, priorities,
attitudes. Different ways of explaining the same thing. Opposite
approaches that meet in refinement. Totally different concepts of the
same music that work in context.

YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org