source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 10:26:37 -0800 Subject: Re: Tail Wagging the Dog? From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >The ''applied'' music student (presumably in a conservatory and not a >liberal arts institution) reading the notes without any analysis is - to my >ears - not making music as much as someone pushing notes around on a piece >of paper without regard for how they might sound. Well, that's a risk of course, but the point is one of emphasis more than exclusiveness. An applied major spends most of his/her time practicing repertoire, techniques, and scales, but comparatively less on plowing through scores deciding which particular variant of sonata form this particular piece uses, and how that affects its impact upon us. And the reverse is more true of the Theory major. I'm inclined to think that the relative importances of Theory majors studying patterns in the existing repertoire, and of them exploring future possibilities, are about equal. I'm sure that almost all of us on this list would agree on the importance of future possibilities, but suggesting possibilities for why existing music affects us the way it does also provides valuable insight into future possibilities. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 19:52 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA21211; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 19:52:12 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA21214 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id KAA18628; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 10:45:41 -0800 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 10:45:41 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu