learsfool
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| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - as the resident horn player, allow me to clarify Frogman's answers (which were good). The period instruments (what we now call "natural" horns), had no valves. So they could only get the notes of the natural harmonic series of the key tha... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow, lots of posts since I was last able to check in! Sorry guys, but I am in the very busiest part of my season right now and simply don't have time to listen to all these links. In a couple of weeks, I could go back and do so, but right now I ju... | |
| Have you found reliable online used vinyl vendors? I agree with Dougdeacon. I would estimate that 95% of my vinyl was used when I acquired it. I have only had one bad experience from ebay, and it turned out to be my mistake, as I had misread the ad. I also buy mostly classical, however. It really ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, on the off chance that you are actually being serious (which I still cannot really believe) - Haven't you ever heard of someone being called "ahead of his time?" Pick any art form you wish, and a very large percentage of the truly greats in t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I must agree 100% with Frogman - your comments in your latest post are way off base. Laughable, even. Are you trying to troll us? Seriously?! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello everyone - thanks for the reactions to that article. I think Orpheus took most of it in the same way I did. For me, the author's main point actually isn't really about jazz per se, but the fact that Americans don't get instrumental music in ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi guys - I would like your opinions on this, especially Frogman's. I don't agree with everything in it, but it is definitely food for thought. http://dyske.com/paper/778 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hey Rok! Maybe you'll even get around to my suggestion - Aaron Copland's "What to Listen For in Music." :) Glad you are branching out! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Acman3, unfortunately musicians ARE being replaced by computers - have you heard of the new Virtual Orchestra? Absurd? Yes. Unfortunately, it is now a reality. Let us hope most audiences will not accept it in the future, right now that remains to ... | |
| What are your TWO favorite Symphonic Recordings? 2500 seating, huh? Pretty big, that must be a multi-purpose venue as well, I'd guess. Sad about the Green Bay symphony, but it isn't over yet. Perhaps they can still be saved, ala the San Diego Opera. Also, it is irksome to me that not just the me... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I didn't want to be the first to say it, but Schubert is absolutely correct. | |
| What are your TWO favorite Symphonic Recordings? The hall I play in is considered world class, especially for opera - it is a multi-purpose venue. Acoustics are good both out in the audience and on the stage for us to hear each other as well - those two things do not always go together. I can't ... | |
| What are your TWO favorite Symphonic Recordings? @Frogman - you just listed my two favorite recordings of Shepherd on the Rock, too! @Schubert - Helseth will be soloing with my orchestra very soon. I actually have not ever heard her play yet, so I am really looking forward to it. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, several Minnesota orchestra players left to go to other positions during that very lengthy lockout they had, so they now need to be replaced, including more than one principal player, if I remember right. Certainly the principal clarinet left... | |
| The End Of Out-Of-Print Music At least vinyl lasts longer than CDs. :) |