On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:41:23 +0200 Dominique Michel <dominique.c.michel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Le Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:06:57 +0000, > Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > > Anyway, the way a musician performs is not by 'wanting' to play > > each individual note when he/she thinks it is due, but rather by > > picking up a rythm (from other players or from a conductor) and > > anticipating the actions required to play. And for trained or > > experienced musicians a lot of the motoric activity is automatic, > > and the player need to not even be aware of it. > > > > Ciao, > > > > I fully agree, to practice rhythms in a regular basis is very important > to get a fluid and varied play. And more you practice different > rhythms, easier it become to play new ones, or to assure the show even > when you are in a bad day. For me, it is 4 dimensions in music, the > rhythm give us the genre, the harmony give the context, the melody give > the meaning and the expression give the style. Harmony and melody > are closely related, as well than rhythm and expression. More you are > good at playing rhythms, more expressions you can give at your music. > > For me, learning to play rhythms was a very difficult and long way. I > came from classical music and was not good at playing modern music, that > until I begun to sing at the same time I am playing. I never regretted > that step, this forced me to play simple things, to return to the basis, > to use my feeling to add the complications, and to work the rhythms > again and again until I became some kind of rhythm machine. With time, > it begun to make sense and I surprised me to play stuffs I was never > expecting to be able to play. And folks begun to said me not only they > liked the song, but also that they like the way I am playing music. > > Cheers, > Dominique Just want to add that this thread has turned out to be fascinating. Lots of different approaches to the same core issues. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
