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Post by Evan Kearney on Oct 23, 2005 20:04:32 GMT -5
Do you like Chopin? I think he is a really great keyboard composer. He is dead btw. His Scherzo No. 1 is insane. It is just like something from ELP or Yes. I have came to the conclusion that where romantic classical left off, prog picked up after 100 years of relatively uneventful music. You may say, but how bout jazz? Jazz is about improv and technical skill, not as much about composing in my opinion, and GREAT music involves compositional and technical skill not GOOD compositional skill and GREAT tech skill. I was amazed though, listening to Chopin and Lizst and then listening to Yes. They are sooo similar. Very cool. Check Chopin out.
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Post by Evan Kearney on Oct 23, 2005 20:05:38 GMT -5
BTW I am by no means dissing jazz. Plenty of jazz is great. Its like saying the differnce between an A and an A+.
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Post by jacostilllives on Oct 28, 2005 1:48:14 GMT -5
I kinda disagree with you when you say Jazz doesnt involve good composition skills. If you listen to some of John Coltrane's stuff off of giant steps there are about 30 chord changes during the head and having to figure all of this out while soloing is absolutly insane. giant steps is a piece that changes keys every one or two bars, and moves between key areas that are only distantly related to one another. The man was amazing plus lets not even get into his soloing skills :-p
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Post by Evan Kearney on Oct 29, 2005 16:54:08 GMT -5
Oh I know it is amazing. I am just saying that there is more care put into the emotional aspect of composition with Romantic and Prog. than GENERALLY found in jazz. Of course all three are technically brilliant. I am just talking about how the composition works with the listener's emotions in both prog and romantic.
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Post by Evan Kearney on Oct 29, 2005 16:54:59 GMT -5
I guess I should have rephrased "compositional skill" to the listener emotional response skill.
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