I guess that we are now, as one of our more wisely disciplined contributors once stated, adding to the "charm" of this thread.
O-10, it IS contentious, and it most certainly is not a statement of fact. You apparently missed the point that I was making. That point related to your comparison of jazz to a religion; THAT comparison is a statement of fact. The nuances of what you meant were not clear (they were made clearer in your follow up post) and it is also a fact that you used terms like "sacrilege", "defile" and "sacred"; so, .......
Now, the contentious part. One thing that I think everyone here can agree on is that the most important aspect of any art form is that it can elicit an emotional response; that is why everyone listens to music. The degree to which it succeeds obviously depends on the listener's likes and biases and quality of the music. To suggest, in the context of a discussion about music and in a generalizing way, that a listener is incapable of "feeling the emotion in music" is judgmental and contentious. To be able to "see the notes" does not erase the emotional connection; au contraire.
Striving for clarity 😊
O-10, it IS contentious, and it most certainly is not a statement of fact. You apparently missed the point that I was making. That point related to your comparison of jazz to a religion; THAT comparison is a statement of fact. The nuances of what you meant were not clear (they were made clearer in your follow up post) and it is also a fact that you used terms like "sacrilege", "defile" and "sacred"; so, .......
Now, the contentious part. One thing that I think everyone here can agree on is that the most important aspect of any art form is that it can elicit an emotional response; that is why everyone listens to music. The degree to which it succeeds obviously depends on the listener's likes and biases and quality of the music. To suggest, in the context of a discussion about music and in a generalizing way, that a listener is incapable of "feeling the emotion in music" is judgmental and contentious. To be able to "see the notes" does not erase the emotional connection; au contraire.
Striving for clarity 😊