Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 2004/05

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] 'Being familiar with' is not 'truly understanding'
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:38:16 -0400

I wrote:

> Does "civilisation" equate to "becoming
> familiar with" as much as it does to "truly
> understanding"?

Tony Pay wrote:

> You can get used to a musical mistake to the
> extent that you can't judge impartially the
> evidence for the correctness of the correct
> alternative.

Perhaps the discussion should be: Which musical details actually have a
'right' and 'wrong' --- rather than being matters of individual
preference via habituation?

Humorous real-life example from this morning's news:

Baseball fans (in New York City, I believe?) are in an uproar because
the stadium concessionaire has replaced Cracker Jacks with Munch-A-Bunch
(I may have the name wrong). The song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game",
which is almost the national anthem of baseball parks, says "Buy me some
popcorn and Cracker Jacks", and therefore it is 'wrong' to replace
Cracker Jacks at the hot dog stand.

Clearly (?) this is a matter of violating tradition rather than a matter
of "gastronomical truth'..... I think.

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