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himtroy

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Posted: July 16 2009 at 12:00

Not a big Peart fan. I enjoy feel, not calculated drumming. The man has miles of technical ability and absolutely no feel

BaldJean

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Posted: July 16 2009 at 12:10

contrary to common opinion, there is a lot of improvisation in classical music too. any baroque piece of music for one or more instruments plus "basso continuo" has a certain group of instruments that will play bass lines, following certain harmonies but totally open which actual notes they are playing, as long as they follow the harmonic scheme. and concerts for an instrument and orchestra often leave room for solo cadences, which used to be improvised too.
however, with the beginning of the romantic period and the "genius cult" which came up in it, musicians started to follow only the written down notes; from that time on improvisation mostly vanished from classical music. there are, however, certain currents today which try to bring back this improvisational aspect to classical music

Edited by BaldJean - July 16 2009 at 12:13

A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

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Posted: July 18 2009 at 14:29

...the last time I saw Rush was in London, ON. Canada. During the drum solo, I'd noticed Neil left about 90 seconds for some improvisation, then returned to the written piece. What he did was incredible! I'd heard that he did this at some other shows as well.

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Posted: July 23 2009 at 15:37

This thread is Deja vu all over again.

Or if improvised: oa[hguanrgar[u[5uhyanjmmca[gmfmgu508afmgma[u5[afkmmfai[si5.

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himtroy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 20 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1601	Posted: July 16 2009 at 12:00
	Not a big Peart fan. I enjoy feel, not calculated drumming. The man has miles of technical ability and absolutely no feel

BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: July 16 2009 at 12:10
	contrary to common opinion, there is a lot of improvisation in classical music too. any baroque piece of music for one or more instruments plus "basso continuo" has a certain group of instruments that will play bass lines, following certain harmonies but totally open which actual notes they are playing, as long as they follow the harmonic scheme. and concerts for an instrument and orchestra often leave room for solo cadences, which used to be improvised too. however, with the beginning of the romantic period and the "genius cult" which came up in it, musicians started to follow only the written down notes; from that time on improvisation mostly vanished from classical music. there are, however, certain currents today which try to bring back this improvisational aspect to classical music Edited by BaldJean - July 16 2009 at 12:13
	A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

Gooner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 14 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 312	Posted: July 18 2009 at 14:29
	...the last time I saw Rush was in London, ON. Canada. During the drum solo, I'd noticed Neil left about 90 seconds for some improvisation, then returned to the written piece. What he did was incredible! I'd heard that he did this at some other shows as well.

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66264	Posted: July 23 2009 at 15:37
	This thread is Deja vu all over again. Or if improvised: oa[hguanrgar[u[5uhyanjmmca[gmfmgu508afmgma[u5[afkmmfai[si5.