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Robert Peters <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 3 Nov 2001 09:02:36 +0100
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Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Most classical listeners can't even read the music they listen to.

So what? Do you have to be able to paint to love art?

>As for electronic keyboards, most of them really don't help one learn
>classical music from the inside out or, indeed, keyboard technique.
>There are so many bells and whistles on the thing, you can sound pretty
>extraordinary simply by pressing down one note.

And classical music is meant to be discipline and pleasureless work?

Robert

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