Musicians for regular classes

Marilynn Knight

Message 22160 · 21 Aug 2000 01:24:23 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

AMEN!!!

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From: M Sheffield [mailto:xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx]
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 3:43 PM
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Subject: Re: Musicians for regular classes

At 16:43 19/08/00 -0500, you wrote:

>For practice, a live musician is almost a necessity when the instructor
>calls for only 6 bars, etc.

How can an instructor ask for less than a complete phrase, and still expect
us to dance to the music?

Breaking dances down into little bits that do not correspond to the musical
phrasing is the best way to obtain mechanical execution if figures rather
than dancing.

Martin,
in Grenoble, France.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scots.in.france/scd.htm
(dance groups, some new dances ...)

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M Sheffield <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx>