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i guess im more of an indian musician but i started learning piano last year-ish...(gonna do grade 2 sometime...)
i can play indian violin (grade 6) and LOVE singing (though i havent done grades or anything, but have performed quite a bit)
i can play the sitar but not learning it right now...
i like improvising and composing, though the only proper music ive written was for gcse coursework XD

Reply 1983

Original post by Jessipops

Good luck

which pieces did you play?????

667, Bonzo and Fusion. It's on the Rockschool exam board. Do you play as well?

Reply 1984

Fingersmith

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Original post by KaurPrincess

i guess im more of an indian musician but i started learning piano last year-ish...(gonna do grade 2 sometime...)
i can play indian violin (grade 6) and LOVE singing (though i havent done grades or anything, but have performed quite a bit)
i can play the sitar but not learning it right now...
i like improvising and composing, though the only proper music ive written was for gcse coursework XD

Do you learn western music as well as Indian? And is your Indian music classical or folk? I know a fair bit about Chinese music but very little about Indian aprt from scratching the surface of ragas and talas.

Reply 1985

KaurPrincess

Original post by Fingersmith

Do you learn western music as well as Indian? And is your Indian music classical or folk? I know a fair bit about Chinese music but very little about Indian aprt from scratching the surface of ragas and talas.

well the only western music i learn apart from music gcse (finished now) is piano, so im not too good at it...but im proud to have picked it up so fast!
i do indian classical music (mainly Sikh music)...id say folk music obviously uses the same theory but is just a different style...more lighthearted i guess...
and what is chinese music like?
the only chinese music i know of is c-pop!

Reply 1986

Fingersmith

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Like you say the classical stuff is a bit more formal and requires superior instrumental technique but even some of what they call folk sounds phenomenally difficult. It tends to be a single melody, even if it's played on several instruments, without much harmony. Lots of percussion. It uses pentatonic scales a lot but other scales too. The instruments really fascinate me esp. the variety of wind instruments. I don't really play but I have picked up a couple of flutes on my travels and can get some sort of music out of them.
What do you play?

Reply 1987

jodrummer

Original post by oli_G

667, Bonzo and Fusion. It's on the Rockschool exam board.

Glad it went ok! I started playing the rockschool syllabus but changed drum teachers and he does trinity guildhall so I'm doing that grade 8 syllabus now :smile:

Your the first drummer I've met on here, so hi! :biggrin:

Reply 1988

Jessipops

Original post by oli_G

667, Bonzo and Fusion. It's on the Rockschool exam board. Do you play as well?

I'm playing 667, Bonzo and Whatever happened to Jazz on bass for my exam :smile:

Reply 1989

Original post by j.alexanderh

Just saw this on Yahoo answers, it made me laugh:

no offence, but that's BS. I would say it's the other way round.

Reply 1990

Original post by oli_G

no offence, but that's BS. I would say it's the other way round.

1) I said it made me laugh, not that I thought it was correct.
2) Depending on the definition of musician used I think it could be halfway to the truth. Percussionists certainly have at least as much claim to being musicians as drummers, and if I had to pick the more artistic it would be the percussionist.
3) Why would I be offended?

Reply 1991

Original post by j.alexanderh

1) I said it made me laugh, not that I thought it was correct.
2) Depending on the definition of musician used I think it could be halfway to the truth. Percussionists certainly have at least as much claim to being musicians as drummers, and if I had to pick the more artistic it would be the percussionist.
3) Why would I be offended?

From being a drummer AND percussionist I enjoy doing both but the drummer has an arguably more important role. For example in an orchestra if one percussionist makes a mistake it doesn't really matter but if a drummer in a band loses the beat or makes a mistake it is much more detrimental. I suppose it depends what type of percussionist we're talking about as it's quite a broad term.

Sorry for the superfluous 'no offence' :biggrin:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1992

Original post by jodrummer

Glad it went ok! I started playing the rockschool syllabus but changed drum teachers and he does trinity guildhall so I'm doing that grade 8 syllabus now :smile:

Your the first drummer I've met on here, so hi! :biggrin:

hi there

I've done both trinity and rock school but stopped using trinity as the pieces were overly complicated and not relevant, the exams were so badly organised that at my last one I turned up and no one was there and when I finally found the examiner the drum kit provided literally fell apart mid-session.

But saying that it is just my local exam centre and I'm sure it's better where you are XD

/RANT

Reply 1993

Original post by oli_G

From being a drummer AND percussionist I enjoy doing both but the drummer has an arguably more important role. For example in an orchestra if one percussionist makes a mistake it doesn't really matter but if a drummer in a band loses the beat or makes a mistake it is much more detrimental. I suppose it depends what type of percussionist we're talking about as it's quite a broad term.

Sorry for the superfluous 'no offence' :biggrin:

Yes, the drummer is very important for holding the rhythm in a band but on an artistic level I think percussionists are on a different plane. I'm talking about percussionists like this:

Music and performances like that allow the listener to engage with percussionists in a way I, at least, just don't with a drummer simply keeping rhythm in a band with the odd fill or flashy solo.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1994

Original post by j.alexanderh

Yes, the drummer is very important for holding the rhythm in a band but on an artistic level I think percussionists are on a different plane. I'm talking about percussionists like this:

Music and performances like that allow the listener to engage with percussionists in a way I, at least, just don't with a drummer simply keeping rhythm in band with the odd fill or flashy solo.

Interesting. I shall watch the video. I don't agree that drummers simply keep rhythm in bands but then again I s'pose depends on the band, genre and drummer.

The percussionists you are talking about are like a solo guitarist or concert pianist in that people are concentrating on them purely and they are more technically and musically gifted - well ones like this anyway.

When I was talking about percussionists I was thinking more off people in orchestra's such as a timpani player for example. I maintain that those kinds of percussionists are not, in my opinion, as impressive as good band drummers.

Reply 1995

Original post by oli_G

Interesting. I shall watch the video. I don't agree that drummers simply keep rhythm in bands but then again I s'pose depends on the band, genre and drummer.

I'd be happy if you could show me an example where the drummer's role is significantly different and involves some artistic quality beyond hitting the various parts of the kit quickly and loudly. For all I know, there could be loads out there that I haven't heard, it's entirely possible that I have this completely wrong.

The percussionists you are talking about are like a solo guitarist or concert pianist in that people are concentrating on them purely and they are more technically and musically gifted - well ones like this anyway.

When I was talking about percussionists I was thinking more off people in orchestra's such as a timpani player for example. I maintain that those kinds of percussionists are not, in my opinion, as impressive as good band drummers.

Ah, that word 'impressive'. I think we might be on different wavelengths here. Sure, Handel and Beethoven didn't write things for timpani which sound anywhere near as 'impressive' as the drumming of Kieth Moon, but it's very superficial to judge musicians simply by technical ability otherwise we end up saying things like 'Michael Angelo Batio is a better musician than Sergei Rachmaninoff was'. The professional orchestral percussionist has the task, for example, of blending perfectly with the numerous instruments of the orchestra, something perhaps absent or at least less troubling in a band situation where the drummer is usually okay as long as she doesn't play so loudly that nothing else can be heard.

I think my point is best summed up like this: take a professional percussionist and put her in a band situation, she'll probably manage fine; take a drummer and have him play timpani with a professional orchestra, and I predict the results would be less impressive.

Anyway, I don't mean to go on about this. Here's some more fine percussion music (quite well known):

Reply 1996

Original post by j.alexanderh

I'd be happy if you could show me an example where the drummer's role is significantly different and involves some artistic quality beyond hitting the various parts of the kit quickly and loudly. For all I know, there could be loads out there that I haven't heard, it's entirely possible that I have this completely wrong.

I think you've misunderstood me. As every guitarist in every band does inherently the same thing - with them playing chords, riffs and bits of lead, for example, there are ones that do this better. Jimi Hendrix is still a guitarist but an exceptionally good one. I take it your description of 'hitting the various parts of kit...' is your description of the role every drummer does in every band, but my point is there are drummers that do this better and more impressively. You can't say drumers like Mitch Mitchell, Travis Barker, John Bonham and Jimmy Sullivan are not 'different' with a higher ability in playing.

I think this is where there is a lot of prejudice- people don't realise there are good, bad and great drummers as much as they do, say, singers or guitarists.

Also only amateurs play the kit 'quickly and loudly', and most seasoned drummers outside of death metal bands understand this.

Ah, that word 'impressive'. I think we might be on different wavelengths here.

Probably, I think we're both slightly confused about each others argument :P

I think my point is best summed up like this: take a professional percussionist and put her in a band situation, she'll probably manage fine; take a drummer and have him play timpani with a professional orchestra, and I predict the results would be less impressive.

I don't agree with this. A lot of solo percussionists couldn't play is a band situation. Although a lot of percussionists will also be 'band' drummer as well - it is very common that this is the case. I think we can both agree that there are percussionists that are very impressive as well as band drummers that are impressive - it's a matter of preference I s'pose.

I'll leave you with a solo from one of my favourite drummers, Buddy Rich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_0h4ikEJM&feature=fvst

Reply 1997

Original post by j.alexanderh

I'd be happy if you could show me an example where the drummer's role is significantly different and involves some artistic quality beyond hitting the various parts of the kit quickly and loudly. For all I know, there could be loads out there that I haven't heard, it's entirely possible that I have this completely wrong.

I think you've misunderstood me. As every guitarist in every band does inherently the same thing - with them playing chords, riffs and bits of lead, for example, there are ones that do this better. Jimi Hendrix is still a guitarist but an exceptionally good one. I take it your description of 'hitting the various parts of kit...' is your description of the role every drummer does in every band, but my point is there are drummers that do this better and more impressively. You can't say drumers like Mitch Mitchell, Travis Barker, John Bonham and Jimmy Sullivan are not 'different' with a higher ability in playing.

I think this is where there is a lot of prejudice- people don't realise there are good, bad and great drummers as much as they do, say, singers or guitarists.

Also only amateurs play the kit 'quickly and loudly', and most seasoned drummers outside of death metal bands understand this.

Ah, that word 'impressive'. I think we might be on different wavelengths here.

Probably, I think we're both slightly confused about each others argument :P

I think my point is best summed up like this: take a professional percussionist and put her in a band situation, she'll probably manage fine; take a drummer and have him play timpani with a professional orchestra, and I predict the results would be less impressive.

I don't agree with this. A lot of solo percussionists couldn't play is a band situation. Although a lot of percussionists will also be 'band' drummer as well - it is very common that this is the case. I think we can both agree that there are percussionists that are very impressive as well as band drummers that are impressive - it's a matter of preference I s'pose.

I'll leave you with a solo from one of my favourite drummers, Buddy Rich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_0h4ikEJM&feature=fvst

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1998

HiddenStarlight121

I playyy Clarinet, Piano, Flute, Violin, Guitar, and I sing...I love Music Basically :biggrin:

Xx

Reply 1999