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Originally Posted by Voce
They were doped up every minute of their lives? I didn't know that.
The amount of money you have and your class has absolutely nothing to do with your musical ability.
Classical music, and music in general, originated out of improvisation. Remember that fugue, thought to be one of the more complex forms, was also an improvisatory practice. Add to that that many pieces of classical music are just improvisations written down, and your point makes little sense.
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1. Obviously they weren't, but I don't think you can argue that many very famous jazz tunes were written and performed under the influence, as they say. I remember seeing some footage of Theloneus Monk walking into a room, and just walking around in really erratic circles because he was so high, ending up finding the piano bench, and then playin' some classic Monk. It's considered great Jazz, but how can one process complex thought when you are so high you can't really walk? Seems to me that those scales and modes were just ingrained in him enough that he was able to place right-sounding notes in right-sounding places, and that's really all that Jazz requires.
2. The amount of musical education you have does contribute to the sophistication of your music, though.
3. Although fugues may have roots in improvisation, i doubt these improvised fugues were ever as complex as the Bach inventions or whatnot. And I would suppose that classical music which is improvised is less complex than classical music which is premeditated. There may be great classical music which sounds improvisatory, but I think most people on this site would agree that they could not improvise a piece of music which they are as proud of as the music for which they have provided a score.