---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi David, Definitely. =46rom my perspective I find the problem worsened by many =20= contemporary pianists. Piano playing is becoming more superficial and =20= less musical, more about the "effect" of the music rather than the =20 music itself. It takes little effort to be stimulated by extremes, =20 and loud/powerful, dramatic and sappy tend to be the usual forms of =20 expression. That reminds of the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert in London they =20 were playing some Handel and set off some fireworks at the end - of =20 course the audience was so pleased by the fireworks and only =20 moderately pleased by Handel! :) -- John=20 > I was thinking mostly about the balance between power, sustain and =20 > tonal range. The trend seems to be moving in the direction of =20 > power, loudness, attack, whatever you want to call it. For those =20 > who wish to move the balance back to one of more sustain with a =20 > natural dynamic range somewhat lower on the scale, that trend=97and =20= > what people have gotten used to=97makes it difficult to put the piano =20= > back in pianoforte. Many instruments now are just fortes and if =20 > they don=92t produce that kind of sound, many people are disappointed =20= > because that=92s what they=92ve grown accustomed to hearing. > > > A broader tonal palette might, ironically, mean a reduction in =20 > loudness. > > David Love ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/80/64/6b/df/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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