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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2011, 12:44:42 PM »

But he's right, pretentious or not! It isn't about notes.

Aha! I have seen the light now, thank you! Music isn't about notes. Yes!

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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2011, 01:51:38 PM »

But he's right, pretentious or not! It isn't about notes.

Aha! I have seen the light now, thank you! Music isn't about notes. Yes!

And aren't those new clothes the emperor is wearing absolutely magnificent?   :-*

Facetiousness is only a few steps away from pretension :P And yes, I was being facetious, although I do genuinely believe that music isn't about notes, I am not expecting anyone else to believe me.
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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2011, 02:00:28 PM »

Perhaps we can all agree that  "music is not about notes"  is true in the same context as "money is not important".  If you have enough money (notes) for your daily needs, and you don't have to worry about where the next £/$/€ (note) is coming from then you can give attention to the really important things in life (music), which may be family, friends, harmony,  rhythm, music...

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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2011, 02:03:53 PM »

I could do with a few more notes  ;D
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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2011, 02:28:15 PM »

Good analogy Theo. Also, as Al has implied, music is sometimes all about notes for many of us, especially at the end of a long, tiring and thankless gig.

Seriously, though, ukebert, you might say that the beauty of such and such a musician's performance lay in how he/she "framed silence". I'd just say he/she was putting the notes in the right place.

Debussy's statement is brilliant, because it's arresting, thought-provoking, and leads us to an unexpected insight. But when it is adopted as a mantra to be trotted out on every occasion (not suggesting you do this, but I do see it with monotonous regularity) it becomes pretty meaningless.

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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2011, 02:40:09 PM »

Perhaps we can all agree that  "music is not about notes"  is true in the same context as "money is not important".  If you have enough money (notes) for your daily needs, and you don't have to worry about where the next £/$/€ (note) is coming from then you can give attention to the really important things in life (music), which may be family, friends, harmony,  rhythm, music...


I thought for a moment you were going to go into explanation of 'one song to the tune of another'. ;)

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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2011, 07:36:42 PM »

Debussy's statement is brilliant, because it's arresting, thought-provoking, and leads us to an unexpected insight. But when it is adopted as a mantra to be trotted out on every occasion (not suggesting you do this, but I do see it with monotonous regularity) it becomes pretty meaningless.

Isn't it a cliché that a cliché only becomes a cliché because it's true? ;D
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Re: Help needed for jig on accordion
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2011, 08:32:06 PM »

Debussy's statement is brilliant, because it's arresting, thought-provoking, and leads us to an unexpected insight. But when it is adopted as a mantra to be trotted out on every occasion (not suggesting you do this, but I do see it with monotonous regularity) it becomes pretty meaningless.

Isn't it a cliché that a cliché only becomes a cliché because it's true? ;D

No, I thank that makes it a truism. :o
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