Re:Whats more important

[3800]Re:Whats more important (304 reads)	2004-05-29 09:00:48

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Good question.

Some might say that you can't make beautiful music until you have mastered the techinque.

I tend to believe that technique is a means to expression of beautiful music. You can have great technique and have "flat" performances. You cannot have bad technique and have great performances.

I understand that in live performance there will always be missed notes... but great technique will certainly lower the chance for wrong notes or awkward musical phrases due to technical difficulties.

Finally...
"would it be better to play a song beautifully with a couple missed notes....."
How can missing a few notes equal beautiful music? This seems like a discussion we only have in the marimba world, especially when speaking about recordings. I highly doubt that someone listening to a professional violin CD would say "it was just so beautiful that I can excuse all those missed notes." You expect a professional violinist who is putting out a recording to not miss notes AND play musically (imagine that!?) this same standard should be applied to marimbists and their recordings.

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