Klarinet Archive - Posting 000798.txt from 2002/05

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] A Colour Symphony op. 24
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 13:27:57 -0400

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From: William Wright [mailto:w7wright@-----.net]
>Another thought that has flashed through my mind is: Do (say) food
>flavors summon as many 'extra-its-own-domain' images as music does? Or
>is music special this regard?

You've jumped to a conclusion that music summons "'extra-its-own-domain'
images"; how can you now extrapolate on a possibly faulty conclusion to
other things?

I can poke too many holes in the strawman you've presented so far to really
comment - things are wandering pretty far afield.

You also wrote:

>I should've typed: "[....] will change as you play the scale, but it
>shouldn't unless you specifically want some aspect of your sound to
>change as you move up the scale --- which may be the case sometimes
>because an unchanging sound (including 'on-the-needle' intonation)
>becomes boring."

You've clarified (to the point of nearly reversing your previous statements)
and have now brought forth an opinion that 'on-the-needle' intonation can
become boring.

Tell that to all the excellent harpsichordists who can only create music in
two dimensions - pitch and timing.

I've never considered performances where the player seems to be perfectly in
tune to be boring for the reason of being in tune - in fact, not having
pitch problems is one less distraction for me and I may just enjoy the music
even more.

As for imagery - listening to music does not induce imagery for me (with few
exceptions because I may associate a particular piece of music with a
particular event, most often movie or TV music). I enjoy most music on a
much deeper plane. I thought most people were like me, but thanks to your
posting I now realize that people enjoy music in many other ways. I'll stick
with mine for now because I can't imagine another way working, but perhaps
someday something else will happen.

Music, a far from universal language ... but enjoyed by almost all.

Mark C.

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