DoubleBlade
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I'm just wondering whether any of you classical musicians have experience this kinda thing in one way or another...
eg:
Your non classical friend who plays the guitar ask you how do scales and chords relate to each other for example. Then no matter how hard to try to explain to him/her , he/she just can't absorb what you're trying to say or when your friend asks you to show him the different types of scales and after telling him any scale that has more than 2 sharps or flats , he/she gets frustrated and rips on you for being a big time show off....
Basically it's all about the "technical jargen" involved when approaching a classical musician for help. It's like no matter how hard we classical musicians try our very best to simplify our words in the most simpliest form , we just can't fully reach out to our non classical friend who needs help and as a result , he/she rips on you....
How can we possibly simplify these sentence
" You play in small intervals to give that sad and haunting sound"
Sometimes it really gets me frustrated that people rip on you just because they think you're a show off but they don't know that classical musicians have been taught these "bombastic" terms which cannot be simplified further and also are expected to know the 12 different keys in both the major and minor scales at the back of their heads at grade 5. It's all about the way in which we were taught and usually classical musicians start from young so I guess your average grade 5 kid should be around 14-15 years old....
eg:
Your non classical friend who plays the guitar ask you how do scales and chords relate to each other for example. Then no matter how hard to try to explain to him/her , he/she just can't absorb what you're trying to say or when your friend asks you to show him the different types of scales and after telling him any scale that has more than 2 sharps or flats , he/she gets frustrated and rips on you for being a big time show off....
Basically it's all about the "technical jargen" involved when approaching a classical musician for help. It's like no matter how hard we classical musicians try our very best to simplify our words in the most simpliest form , we just can't fully reach out to our non classical friend who needs help and as a result , he/she rips on you....
How can we possibly simplify these sentence
" You play in small intervals to give that sad and haunting sound"
Sometimes it really gets me frustrated that people rip on you just because they think you're a show off but they don't know that classical musicians have been taught these "bombastic" terms which cannot be simplified further and also are expected to know the 12 different keys in both the major and minor scales at the back of their heads at grade 5. It's all about the way in which we were taught and usually classical musicians start from young so I guess your average grade 5 kid should be around 14-15 years old....