On Jun 22, 10:53 am, Carl Witthoft <c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "David Webber" <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "BestStudentViolins.com" <SunMusicStri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Aren't the "blue notes" really the cracks between the piano keys,
> > > engendered by an attempt to mimic vocal music?
>
> > Pianists sometimes attempted to mimic the blues feel by playing
simultaneous
> > major and minor thirds.
>
> > Dave
>
> Ummm... I don't think "the blues" requires "blue notes," or vice
> versa. For example, a number of Monk tunes aren't particularly 'blues'
> but they have 'blue notes'.
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Hi Carl, I think that you are correct on principle, but you may be
bumped by some because of commonly accepted (or not!) definitions.
Monk, for example, may use the blues form and or blue notes or many
different concepts in his music. His music is, as I see it, very
unique and he is more of a 20th century composer that happens to be
working in the Jazz idiom. He will mix concepts from Jazz, blues,
classical composers and anywhere his mind seems to go and come up with
unique and beautifully written music. Non of which will generally fall
into any one specific category.
LJS
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