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Thread #167340 Message #4037055
Posted By: Jack Campin
02-Mar-20 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: Mediation and its definition in folk music
Subject: RE: Mediation and its definition in folk music
the music, can cnabody tel me the advantage of knowing the definition of mediation when it comes to performing trad music
If you want to know what Harker meant by it, read his book. It's clear enough.
You will certainly have used the concept yourself, in deciding what repertoire to adopt. The alternative would be an act where you stand there fondling your watch chain while belting out an arrangement from "British Minstrelsie" accompanied by a fat lady in crinolines at the pianoforte. The reason you decided NOT to make a career of that is because you saw how that kind of presentation mediated its material and you chose a different set of filters.