The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63156 Message #1028886
Posted By: Steve Parkes
03-Oct-03 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: Emotion 'junkies'
Subject: RE: Emotion 'junkies'
Everyone embellishes a tune, however slightly: if we didn't, it would sound very mechanical, like a midi. It's impossible not to vary the timing, the volume, and/or even the pitch just a little bit. There's a pleasing point of equilibrium between "mechanical" and "over the top"; or rather a range of equilibrium, where we feel happy listening to a tune/song; slip outside the range and we're not happy. When our range overlaps with the performer's, everybody's happy.
Well, I think so, anyway!
Steve