Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanw...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Mike Blackstock > <blackstock.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is F*****G great! Especially the Bach BWV 1006 - I could have sworn it >> really was a kid playing. http://percival-music.ca/audio/bwv-1006_1.wav.mp3 > > To my ears, the rhythm sounded eerily exact - don't kids slow down > their tempo when it gets difficult?
No. They practice until they can pick their nose while playing. When was the last time you heard a child prodigy? One problem is that they practice until the listeners can pick their nose while playing, too. Everything is there, but you find it hard to care. I get this sort of double-take when practising accordion rather often: focusing on playing fast enough that the listener does not get bored. Of course, the proper approach (and basically my only realistic chance) is to play it _well_ enough that the listener does not get bored. With percussive instruments like a piano or harpsichord, the options for that are limited. With a manually sustained instrument like string instruments, wind instruments, accordions and their directly controlled ilk (harmoniums only so-so, organs not really), you have what it takes to fill long notes with musical sense. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
