I was into playing classical guitar for over thirty years and I love classical music in general but:
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Originally Posted by menhir;1899502
Classical musicians not being inventive? Who [I
wrote[/I] those classics, then?
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The classical music composers - most people who play classical music are not composers.
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Originally Posted by menhir;1899502
Oh, we were both hitting the same notes, but the interpretations were [I
totally[/I] different. Needless to say, I changed my interpretation of the piece more than a little after that.
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Interpretation is not the same as coming up with new material.
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Originally Posted by menhir;1899502
...would put on improvisational performances...it was quite popular back then. Why don't more people know about this? The performances were not written down...they were [I
improvised[/I].[/
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Today it is the rare exception, not the rule.
I do think a typcial good jazz player for example is likely to be more in tune with what chords lead to other chords, how to harmonized spontaneously, etc. (if not of the theory at least in practice)
than a typical good classical music player. It is just in the nature of what each style calls for. But as I posted earlier personally on average I would rather listen to music where each note was
thoughtfully planned out by a composer than music that is largerly spontaneous in origin.