orpheus last chant

Playing a piece "on the edge" i.e. risking the technical integrity of the piece by taking emotional chances in the delivery of it is the hallmark of a good musician.
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That surely does not apply to all music. i'm a professional piano player ( 10 years) and i've heard many great players live and on cd, and they respect every and singe indication (although not always) yet they still find the room to play a completely diffrent version from another.
I have seen, ( myself included) players who listen to a recording and play exactly the same, or follow the indications on a partiture religiously yet it's no match. most of us eiter go by instinct, and a great example of an instinct player is Martha Argherich (who can in an hour per day or less of work maintain a perfect performance and status).

Others try to decode the piece to understand it's meaning, or attach one. Try doing that. It is very hard. It's like trying to explain sight to a blind man. So you find or invent a meaning and than you play trying to send that message. If you are good, it works.

And about the slight imperfections or big ones in order to create an emotion, in making a good music. i have to play a hole range of music, starting from Scarlatti, Bach (Baroque) all the way to Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Classical (as in music period - Beethoven Mozart Haydn) music is particularly precise.


...considerignt that Bach gave no indications of dinamics.


About the first post on remembering. I usually can't remember anyone's face, except for a milisecond, immediately it fades away. I cannot remember movement, if I try the image is choppy.I have asked other persons and they remember short films like a few seconds. I think it depends on the person.

Vandrare

i'm very interested to hear from people who can actually recall faces etc. with details. i'm guessing this would be left brain oriented people. is it just that musicians (because music is such a right brain activity) tend to be like this in general, whereas if we look at a different profession like physicists etc, would they be the left brain oriented people? i find this sort of thing to be very interesting.

gcameron

I know.

But when I get a real piano (i.e. one capable of dynamic articulation) I will play more music that has dynamic score indications (i.e. Beethoven, Chopin etc.) Bach's about all I can do on a 5-octave keyboard with no touch and no pedal.

AJ113

Orpheus
My comments were based on my own experiences within contemporary popular music.

Of course, in the general scheme of things my experience is extremely limited, for example most of the performers I have worked with, including myself do not utilise a score, and for that reason my take on the subject is probably only valid within my limited sphere.