Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

>.   I feel lonely sometimes when it seems that
> the bulk of harmonic/melodic players don't seem nearly as interested in 
>rhythm.   It's hard for me to
> accept the limited roll that rhythm has been assigned in western music


I'm still finding it hard to relate to that. Maybe you're view is a
bit colored from some particular musicians you have been playing with?
Obviously not very good musicians then, because I'm sure many would
agree with me that the rhythm is way more important to master, than
the tonal side, if you want to play the least expressive. "False"
notes can still contain a meaningfull musical message as long as they
are delivered with a good timing. And vice versa, perfect pitch in
melody playing doesn't help a shit if your timing sucks. This is so
basic that I suspect I'm missing some part of this discussion?

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