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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Musicians' ear
Post Subject: Perception or memory?Posted by mats on: 8/24/2007

Romy said:  "they do not listen played back music but they rather register the pointers to keys and intervals and then they reconstruct in their consciousness the fabric of the music in accordance with their perception."

Do you mean that the musicians reconstruct the music in accordance with their memory, or knowledge of the piece?  Or even their opinion of how it "should" sound? 

For better or worse I am quite familiar with the live sound of Bob Dylan's band.  When I listen to audience-recordings, they are surely not of great sound quality, but they give me a lot of the joy and feeling of the live events.  Could it be similarly that these simple recordings  provide enough of the keys for the music to be reconstructed in my consciousness?  I doubt I would be as interested in this quality of recordings if it were of unfamiliar music. 

Mats

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