[Dixielandjazz] Less Important Notes

[Dan Augustine]

     On the other hand:

"It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to
let the superfluous notes fall under the table."              
          -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)                 

"What is best in music is not to be found in the notes."       
          -- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)                   

"When one day an arctic traveler played a recorded song by one 
of the most famous European composers to an Eskimo singer,
the man smiled somewhat haughtily and stated: 'Many many      
notes, but no better music.'"                                 
          -- Curt Sachs _The Wellsprings of Music_            

"What do notes have to do with music?"
          (I forget who said that, but it's kind of like
           the idea that notes are like the rails
           that the train of music rides upon.)

     Dan
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>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:00:12 +0200
>From: "Peter Sr. De Bruyn" <peterdebruyn at gmail.com>
>To: "Cees van den Heuvel" <heu at bart.nl>
>Cc: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] philosofy?
>
>Interesting point of view.
>I suppose You mean You don't play the "less important notes", leaving them
>to the public's imagination, and only play the essential notes ?
>KISS -technology ?
>Very Dutch, indeed !
>:-))
>
>Groetjes,
>Peter
>
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>2006/9/26, Cees van den Heuvel <heu at bart.nl>:
>  > Not the notes that you play are important. the notes
>>  that you leave out and that the audience feels, are
>>  the beautiful ones. Less is more. Ducking....
>>
>>  Cees van den Heuvel
>  > www.revivaljassband.nl

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