Author: EEBaum
Date: 2010-12-21 19:32
Don't be too hard on yourself, Bob. The 10,000 hour thing is largely anecdotal and self-referential. Makes for a nice concept in a book, but is heavily flawed.
salzo: I find your theory crazy insightful. I don't know if pop music is the root of the problem, but I definitely see a lack of phrasing in most music these days. Lots of music seems very "this happens, then this happens, then this happens," very micro-focused on individual notes and accuracy and alignment, without ever really SAYING anything. A subtle distinction to make, but one that makes a HUGE difference.
I've been taking tabla classes, and something that's fundamental to the instrument is the connection between the physical production of sound and the corresponding linguistics of phrasing (e.g. Dha terekite dha ge na, terekitetaka dha ge na, dha terekite dha ge na, dha ge dhi na ge na). You can really ONLY play it if you have some macro-understanding of where the phrase is going. After an hour of tabla practice, I sometimes find myself lost in the clarinet practice room, struggling to find an equivalent.
-Alex
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