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Great Stuff for JB
Topic Started: Feb 14 2009, 09:59 AM (548 Views)
DivaDeb
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I'm so tickled you are enjoying it!
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JBryan
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My humble attempts at playing the piano are rooted in the concept that the human voice is the root and source of all music and everthing, especially what I play is rooted in the lyrical.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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George K
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JBryan
Feb 20 2009, 06:29 PM
My humble attempts at playing the piano are rooted in the concept that the human voice is the root and source of all music and everthing, especially what I play is rooted in the lyrical.
Profound statement, JBryan.
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Rather incoherent, though. Must be the scotch.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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George K
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I'm drinking cheap tonight.

Finished a CABG this afternoon, and the surgeon asked me if I have a date with Mr. Grant tonight.

Ayup.
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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JBryan
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Hear hear.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Here is an excerpt from a book written by Jamey Abersold

"If musicians, in general, could play on their instruments what they can sing with their voices, they would be a lot happier.

The voice (singing) usually can approximate the pitches, rhythms, and nuances of what the mind hears better than the actual instrument. Since the instrument you have chosen is a learned device, it is least able to reproduce the musical thoughts in your mind. Thus, persons who are better equipped technically will come closer to playing the thoughts of their mind on their instrument....you have to hear the music in order to play it effectively."

This is very true. Godd observation, JB.
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DivaDeb
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George and I have kind of been discussing something similar on the side. Because singing is my deal and piano is my second instrument, I tend not to think very much about fingers or keys or even the score (which may be a big part of the reason that I can read well but not really learn the score). I sit down at the piano and sing out my fingers. I hear fugue voices as actual voices, oft times with words, which may mean I'm officially crrrrrrrrrazy :) but I think my piano experience is so heavily influenced by my vocal background that I just don't/can't approach it the same way that a person who doesn't sing. I have been told that I play ornaments really well. Let's face it, it is not because I'm a good technical pianist. I think it's got to be because I sing them well and understand what ornamenting a melody is all about, so playing ornamentation is easy...I just play it the way I'd sing it. As a classical singer, so much of my early training was learning to ornament in a manner appropriate to different periods. I have books and books full of cadenzas and melismas used by various singers over the ages, and I learned to make them all work. Translating that to piano is really easy for me.

I just wish I could PLAY!
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DivaDeb
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Here's the amazing Juan Diego Florez singing the role that launched Pavarotti to stardom. Ah Mes Amis from La Fille du Regiment, by Donizetti. In the terrific and delightful production with Natalie Dessay as Marie, live from the Met last year.

9 high Cs. And because it was really really really great...and the ovation soooo long and soooo soooo big...he did it again :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mXdJEohQwo

heh

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I really enjoyed this version. He seemed to hit those high Cs as though he was ordering a pizza on the phone. So effortlessly and clear.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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DivaDeb
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yep...in fact, there has been some discussion about that...it's so incredibly easy for him it almost takes the edge off the excitement. There is something to be said about having a little bit of "danger" in the sound...Pavarotti certainly did. Made it seem like more of a feat somehow. But I love Florez. He is just ideal for this repertoire, vocally and physically. He's tall and dreamy looking...and that voice and technique...AND he truly understands the music. He's darling in comedies, and oh so beautiful in the more romantic dramas.

JB, he will be in the cast of the live from the Met HD broadcast in theatres around the country on March 21, of Bellini's La Sonnambula (with Natalie Dessay). I can't recommend this viewing experience too highly. The sound is terrific, the camera work is wonderful. The intermission features are incredibly interesting. This is the website for the schedule of the HD theatre broadcasts:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx
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Thanks, Deb. I am trying to figure this thing out but I believe there are screenings here in OKC. I know m wife would really enjoy this. Thank you.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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