you can never own music more than it does you. sounds semi-familiar?or is it about dog?...darn! go away dog!
I do think that for even those that really LOVE piano music that it can lose its affect on you. I don't get that shiver down my spine when listening to beautiful moments in great piano compositions, not as much as I use to. The music doesn't affect you as much because you are controlling it, studying it, looking at it in detail all the time. The ear has become an intense observer rather than a tool that opens the enjoyment of sound to the brain.In that case I can see that eventually you lose interest in the music, but then it attacts you back, then you are repelled, then it attacts you back. It is like that for me at least, yoyo relationship. Sometimes you ask yourself, what is the bloody point of memorising music. If you have strong reasons for personal gratification that is fine, but sometimes we want more meaning behind it. If we say because we want to present it to other people in this world then we can become overly obsessed about perfecting the music thus the magic of the sound vanishes with over practice. I think that is why you do see lots of technical players out there without any emotion because they have practiced the sound so much, made their ear into analysers not tools used for enjoyment.But music forever I think. For anyone who says I will do it for a little while they will never know what is being able to play music. When the physical difficulties of the instrument vanishes and what you read becomes clearer instruction as to what sound needs to be produced, that is playing music. Before that it is all practice and playing music lower than your potential.
In other words, music is your master more than you being the master of music.
I think what Lostinidlewonder is talking about is simply the undulation in passions that nearly everyone experiences. Everyone goes through some emotionally low-key times where it seems like even the Rach 2 concerto can't move you, but a week later you're soaring with ecstasy from it again.
Us humans are really ridiculous sometimes arent we! When its winter we complain we need more warmth, when its summer we complain its too hot. Music must be like this, in some weird way or another.I would have to disagree here. When studying concertos with one of my teachers they did specificially mention that YOU have to play the music not the other way around. I wasn't quite sure what that meant but eventually realised that it is all about emotional control. Especially when playing with orchestras you must control your sound so that it fits right with the others you play with, you can't just ignore and let the music go on its own accord.When music is your master we tend to overdo things, excessive this or that, harsh forte sounds instead of big sounds for example. Comments I've had to make as an adjudicator was that people where being played by the music. You can see that they are very passionate about the music but they lack the control. When they play they are too excited, the music is too powerful for them to balance. They might be able to play the notes but the emotional control? In that way you can tell when you listen to someone who plays the piano well but lets the music play them instead of the other way around.
until i get layed
A depressing question...How much longer will you be involved in music? Just curious. Most people take lessons for awhile and drop it. Some are able to return later. So who here is planning on going with music for a long time? Who is planning on stopping in a few years? I know there are a lot of teens here. What's coming up for your music during college?Another way to put it -- who is planning on being involved with music their whole life? Who here has decided that?This is actually important for deciding what you will pratice. I mean if you're going to stop in a few years, why bother much with building technique?(Bob gets more depressed) Of course, there's a point that everyone will stop playing eventually I guess...
Topic: How much longer do you have? :( 