Quote:
Originally Posted by Dev
...sheet music should be instructions that are very apparent and understandable, even if the direction is "be very abstract." This picture simply fails to deliver any intruction.
|
You're failing to grasp the concept that some musicians do not require instruction. Also, some composers prefer NOT to specify every detail of their music and instead of forcing their music
through performers, to extract music
from them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dev
...if I gave you a book but instead of english I used, say, pieces of maccaroni, and told you to read it, could you? No, no you could not, because it's maccaroni. However, if, with that book, I somehow conveyed what the maccaroni meant - if it points left it's an E, if it's red it's a Q, etc. - then you could read the book....without the instructions to translate "maccaroni" into "written language," what I've produced is simply a piece of art and nothing more.
|
Again, some authors may not want their macaroni to translate literally. Perhaps they want YOU to see in the macaroni something personal and creative.
-------------------------------------------------------
A BOX! YOU LIVE IN ONE.