And then there are people like pianist Keith Jarrett, who was well trained in many genres, and who had a terrific follow-on classical music career after playing years of jazz and rock music with some of the greats.?
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Alice Preston
Jen,
I was classically trained. But what does that really mean. I was trained by a classical Flautist and I did some courses at a conservatory. I thought it was the style of the training and the cirrulum. Whether you can play a piece. Granted, the conservatory or the teacher/instructor may have requirements based on performance in order to pass a course.
When it comes to rock/Jazz/metal/funk players being ¡°classically trained¡±, most of the time it just meant they had a good basic understanding of theory and were good at sight reading. Most of the time, this meant they either were formally trained or went to college. But those types of players are lumped up into classically trained.
Jen, I am not saying you are wrong¡AT ALL. I am just giving my perspective because I rarely play Classical style music at all anymore. I am only just giving a perspective of I see most non-classical musicians view that statement.
Phineas Henshaw
ASI/EE
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Dear Flutelovers,
And just as a quick story for background:
There's a famous rock band and their keyboard player is a neighbour of mine; tours with the band for 8 months a year; very successful for a thirty year career rock-band member.
Anyway I overheard another neighbour telling everyone that the rock fellow was "classically trained".
I said: "Classical training does not consist of taking a few piano lessons at Mrs. Smith's house down the street when you're 10 years old; it's a lifetime of training and taking exams to prove you can convincingly play classical music in the STYLE of classical music; historically."
It just kills me how people make up factoids that are not true and just convince eachother of it when NONE of them is in the field of training themselves.
Morning rant complete, as that is how it started for me.
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-- Composed on my touchscreen device. Please excuse typos.
AliceFlute