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Subject: [Leica] Dylan's Pitch
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Wed Nov 29 15:47:05 2006
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I'm sure Simon and Garfunkle hit all the right notes in */Bridge Over 
Troubled Waters /*and Johnny Cash screwed the pitch pooch in his version 
0f the same song. Listening to both though who's rendition sounds more 
honest?

mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote:

>Dylan once said, "I'm as good as Caruso; I can hit all the notes."
>
>-Chris Lawson
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
>  
>
>>Folks-
>>
>>Well... what do I find as a result of my monthly perusal of LUG  
>>activities but a discussion of Bob Dylan's pitch acuity...
>>
>>All I'd better say is that Dylan's pitch is so wide that it's  
>>sometimes hard to even name the note he may be intending to hit.   
>>But, as in the "in-out of focus" analogy, pitch accuracy is not an  
>>important part of his gestalt, and in fact I wouldn't be surprised if  
>>measurably accurate pitch would detract from his overall sound.  And,  
>>I might also say that anyone who focusses on this aspect isn't  
>>"hearing" these performances in the most advantageous way.
>>    
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