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> If the song has any musical substance, it can be played on a piano alone That's obviously not true. Piano can only play discrete notes. By contrast, many ins
by j7ake 7y ago
> If the song has any musical substance, it can be played on a piano alone
That's obviously not true. Piano can only play discrete notes. By contrast, many instruments (e.g., voice) can slide between notes and also play quarter tones.
- woodandsteel 7y agoSo we can modify the original statement to include instruments that can play slide and play quarter notes, like a cello. That said, I don't see how your comment adds anything to the point the author was trying to make.
- Buldak 7y agoWithout agreeing with the author's, your point about being limited to "discrete notes" strikes me as a non-sequitur. As if music had more "substance" the more notes it contained?
- om2 7y agoThere are musical phrases where a smooth glissando is essential to how it sounds. And honestly sometimes the timbre of the specific instrument too. The piano rendition may not get across the feeling the original music creates.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agomaybe the author thinks that songs possessed of this musical substance thing must only use discrete notes.
- DrScump 7y agoIt is also a very Western-centric view, limited to western scales and tunings.