tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998311262813798481.post2090282107415238774..comments2023-02-10T05:41:57.479-05:00Comments on Geraldine in a Bottle: Should you try to play all the right notes?Geraldinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371410028619077502noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998311262813798481.post-24797383914445235312011-03-16T12:28:48.200-04:002011-03-16T12:28:48.200-04:00Thank you so much for your nice words! Let me know...Thank you so much for your nice words! Let me know if there are any topics you would like to see more articles on! I look forward to your comments!Geraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371410028619077502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998311262813798481.post-30538657889181987472011-03-16T12:09:42.395-04:002011-03-16T12:09:42.395-04:00Argh, I tried to post a comment that turned out ve...Argh, I tried to post a comment that turned out very long, and then promptly lost it due to a dodgy internet connection. So here's my second (shorter) attempt:<br /><br />I've just today discovered your blog and I'm so pleased to have found it. You are insightful, informative, and very interesting, and I look forward to discovering more gems as I read through more of your posts.<br />Musical Lottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12599121945834947950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998311262813798481.post-25815932406164588252011-01-28T17:44:08.681-05:002011-01-28T17:44:08.681-05:00Monica, I absolutely agree! It actually reminds me...Monica, I absolutely agree! It actually reminds me of that time I had to play a student's composition for a concert. The piece was for two pianos, and my friend and I (both finishing our doctorates at the time) could not play it at all. My husband ended up figuring out that the student had written the piece for one piano, then had copied the whole piece, and moved it a sixteenth note over, soGeraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371410028619077502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998311262813798481.post-70628051043553901762011-01-26T13:30:17.938-05:002011-01-26T13:30:17.938-05:00Very thoughtful, Geraldine!
Might I add, as much a...Very thoughtful, Geraldine!<br />Might I add, as much as we forget this, that the composers themselves may not be very good pianists, having actually written certain things that are not technically able to be played well, unless you are an inhuman virtuso, which most of us strive to be but fall a little short. The goal of music, in my opinion, is to relay the message of the composer, and Moni Padulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450176940201032358noreply@blogger.com