Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-09-30 22:16
ruben wrote:
> I have on several occasions asked questions about or raised
> matters of interpretation, "period" instruments, phrasing,
> tempi, editions, repertoire, etc., and I find that this arouses
> little interest unfortunately. I never get more than a few
> responses.
I'm not sure you really want more than that in response to those kinds of topics. In the best of all worlds, you'd want people to respond to a topic who have something to say. Once someone has expressed an opinion, and hopefully justified it, about a matter of phrasing or tempo, anything more is prone to become defensive and involves a degree of position-taking, at which point a discussion is in danger of simply spinning its wheels unless some movement is taking place.
Even in the long lists of responses to the equipment threads, a great deal of it is needless me-too-ing, or offerings of simple personal preferences (why I don't like and avoid "Best of..." questions from their start) that really are irrelevant to any meaningful discussion.
I would never offer anything about period instrument performance - I have no experience with it. You'd certainly want those discussions to attract players who do have experience. I would suggest that a limited response does not necessarily indicate a lack of interest among those of us who don't respond but keep our mouths shut (and our keyboards still) because we're unable to contribute.
Karl
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