Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions

["Marc Spilka" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions
> To: reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 12:45

Could a corollary to the 80/20 rule be that 20% of harp players come up with 
80% of the best riffs?  Or best songs? Or best CDs?

I didn't notice any reviews of this--last weekend I was at the Norton 
Buffalo tribute concert in Oakland.  Harp content--Charlie Musselwhite sat 
in with Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Bros, and Steve Miller. He sounded great of 
course, but certainly a different sound than Buffalo had when he played with 
these guys. Steve Miller did a good job playing his old harp part on Living 
in the USA.  I'm not a huge Doobies fan but thought they stole the show.

Marc Spilka
Los Gatos, CA
> I teach an understanding of music based on a formula I came up with - 
> 80/20
> (not based on scientific evidence - just intuition. Nice to note that this
> article reaffirms what I've found to be true).
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> 80% of the time, if the audience is able to "predict" what comes next, 
> they
> become comfortable with the music. However, if you don't surprise them 20% 
> of
> the time, they will lose interest, as it becomes "too familiar". If you 
> surprise
> them more than, say 20%, they become uncomfortable in their failure to be 
> able
> to predict, and you may lose them this way.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Albanese <reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 26, 2010 10:03 pm
> Subject: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions
>
>
> I thought this was an interesting explaination for what makes music
> meaningful and satisfying to the human brain...
>
> http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/01/musical_predictions.php
>
> Harp content: Try not to be too predictable in your playing.
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