Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 2010/06

From: J W <tjbw0000@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music verses Sport
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:09:30 -0400


I like your answer better. To add, I would say the "mistakes" in sports would be the equivalent of seventh chords and inversions of chords in music (and dissonance in general).

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> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:08:30 -0500
> From: michel470@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] Music verses Sport
>
> In the eye of the public, entertainment is vital. While it is entertaining
> to see most mistakes on the field that contribute to the tension of the
> game, it is not exactly as entertaining to hear wrong notes. Or pleasing.
> While both are forms of entertainment, each speaks differently to the
> public. What would sports be without the occasional fouls? What would music
> be without right notes?
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Williams, Kathy <
> Kathy.Williams@-----.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Perhaps it is my wry Australian sense of humour, but while I was watching a
>> game of Rugby League live at the ground, where my team played abominably and
>> lost, not helped by appalling refereeing, it set me to wondering, why is it
>> that a sportman can make a miriad of mistakes in a game/match, and still
>> have a job the next week, yet if an orchestral musican, or perhaps soloist,
>> makes only a couple of mistakes in a concert, they are shown the door? Music
>> and sport are both forms of entertainment, yet there seems such an
>> inequality. I would welcome more discussion on this issue.
>>
>> Also, given symphony orchestra concerts in my hometown are less than fully
>> sold out, perhaps we should take a leaf from the cinemas who have gold
>> class, reclining chairs, food and drink on demand, we could rip out some of
>> the seats and do the same. I would certainly come back to the concert hall,
>> if I didn't have to pay 50 bucks to sit in a tiny cramped chair, in a half
>> empty concert hall, having to queue up at interval for my drink, and
>> generally not having any sort of contact or interaction with the performers.
>>
>> That is my two cents, I can't wait to hear what everyone has to say.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Kathy Williams
>> Customer Service Delivery Consultant
>> Customer Service Delivery
>> Customer Care, Telstra Enterprise and Government
>> Telstra Corporation Limited 1800 025 222
>>
>>
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