[Dixielandjazz] Defect vs. Incorrect + Liza Minelli

[OArkas at aol.com]

Hi Steve and list mates:
I don't want to be controversial, but I am a folklorist, and I feel I have to 
comment on the comments concerning "right" and "wrong" ways to play and words 
like "defect" or "incorrect."
My comment is simply this: all communities (groups meaning folk groups etc.) 
have their own preferences or norms for what is pleasing and acceptable, and 
what is not.   The concept is this: "there are many ways to skin a cat."   I 
mentioned earlier that I'm a Greek clarinetist.   You might hate our vibrato and 
style, but for us it is correct, and the way a classical clarinetist plays is 
a defect!!
Big grin here, but that's the concept.   In jazz, there are different norms 
for tone.   In an eastern culture, as in southeast asia, the voice quality, 
tones, etc. that they like seem terrible to the western ear (and perhaps vice 
versa).   
In our music we use the natural scale sometimes (although with the 
introduction of radios and television, perhaps peoples ears are changing to match the 
tempered scale of western Europe.   We have some use of quarter tones in our 
music, but nowhere near the way it's used in Turkish and Arabic music.   Who is 
right?   Who is wrong?   What is incorrect, and what is a defect?   My answer 
is that it varies according to the traditions of the group.
This is offered in the spirit of friendship and humility.   :-)
I like vibrato on the clarinet; I don't like clarinet without the vibrato.
Best regards,
John Pappas
Greek clarinetist who loves OKOM too.
C Albert system Buffet clarinet!!!



John
oarkas at aol.com



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