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jazzloverfat
Which is what I said, hard to follow for 2 main reasons: one, stated in my reply, the sound quality is not great - there is hiss, echo/reverb and some boominess especially when Scofield speaks. And yes, I have proper monitors and headphones. The other unstated reason is my own lack of sufficient depth when it comes to music theory, and which I will readily admit to, since I am a hobbyist with nothing to prove and whose pleasure from playing guitar comes from how it makes me feel playing it, what sounds I can create and so on, not in getting bogged down on whether it’s an Fmaj7 or Fmaj9 or what mode I’m in. Though I don't think Scofield really talks theory that much? Please correct me if I am wrong.
What I got from this interview are different thoughts about how Scofield found his voice, influences both in terms of players and genres and the benefits of being consistent with gear. Comparing what I got out of this with the expectations coming from the title, I was left disappointed and wanting more from this interview, not just personal opinions with very little concrete examples - which are perfectly valid!! if framed accordingly.
Your thread title is poorly framed and lacks accuracy.
"Language and Music" and "Language of music" express VERY different ideas. The first implies a comparison between spoken/written language and music (so basically 2 different systems of communication), whereas the second implies that music is treated as a kind of language, either in general or as used by a particular artist.
With regards to the Bernstein lecture, while he was a classical conductor, pianist and composer, he was also a musical educator who tried to make music and music theory understandable and approachable by as wide an audience as possible. Moreover, while his starting point is indeed classical music, his analysis is intended to be universal. He uses linguistic concepts to explain how music works, how meaning is created and communicated. As a simple example, in language the smallest units are vowels, consonants, syllables even, while in music there is tone (pitch?), intervals, and so on.Throughout the lectures he builds a framework around linguistics to explain music as a universal language.
It's not an easy watch since it requires active listening, but he tries to give very clear and simple examples, so it is well worth the time and effort.
Oh, and Bernstein does talk about jazz too - both as a standalone genre and in relation to 20th century classical composer - but I don't remember which series it's from, sorry!
So perhaps icr, just as I did, also expected a similar discussion of ideas based on the thread's title.
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