[sdiy] Bach

Thomas Strathmann thomas at pdp7.org
Thu Apr 14 18:27:17 CEST 2011


On 4/14/11 18:00 , David G. Dixon wrote:
> However, this does beg the question: Were Bach alive today, would he be
> digital or analog?  ;^)  In fact, I often amuse myself by pondering which
> musical genre/medium Bach would busy himself with were he alive today.  My
> feeling is that he would be a jazz musician, probably recording on the ECM
> label......

I would suspect that he'd use "traditional" instruments and a computer 
so he can play the music, generate a score and distribute it far and 
wide without going through all the trouble of manually engraving in 
copper in order to get sheet music. Oh, and play with alternate tunings, 
perhaps?

	Thomas



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