source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 07:06:41 -0800 Subject: Improvisation and thoughts From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@compuserve.com> > Nor do I feel > that improvisational s kill leads to more creative musical expression. In > fact it much more readily falls into the realm of noodling than much of > the so-called Western classical repertoire. I suspect that Neils' and some others' response to that would be, "but REALLY GOOD improvisation doesn't sound like just noodling around". I personally would be inclined to both agree and disagree. I find that the best usage of improvisation is in live performance, more so than in recorded performance. I say that because in that scenario, you can actually react to the audience ("oooh, they liked that lick; I'll expound upon it a bit"). Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:04 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA18445; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:07:39 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA18556 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA09360; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 07:07:35 -0800 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 07:07:35 -0800 Message-Id: <199701100959_MC2-E7C-6025@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu