Klarinet Archive - Posting 000457.txt from 2000/06

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Notes and Jazz
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:52:55 -0400

<><> ability to read music is necessary or worthwhile for my style
of music?

....an interesting example would be seeing an accidental on the
printed page -- as opposed to merely hearing the interval that it
produces.
Not only does the printed accidental draw your attention and assign
an extra thought process to this particular note (is this good or bad?),
but the accidental also forces you to recall the larger structure of the
piece, such as its tonic on which the piece may be centered, and so
forth.
I happen to be tinkering with the first of Stravinsky's Three
Pieces right now, in which approximately 2/3 of notes are accidental (I
counted the first few bars). Would I be better off listening to it
rather than reading it if, for some reason, I could do only one of these
two things? (I assume that most of us feel that having _both_ a good
ear and the ability to sight read is best, of course.)
Listening to someone else's interpretation could 'blind' you to
what you might see if you read it instead......

Cheers,
Bill

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