10 Dec
2006
10 Dec
'06
12:37 p.m.
Chris McCormick wrote:
If you can call a virtuoso a genius, I beleive that the
people who compete in some games
on an international level must be called the same. If you have ever
watch a master playing Quake3 you will know that this is true. Sergei
Rachmaninoff eat your heart out!
Why would I call a virtuoso a genius ? A phenomenal level of practiced
mechanical or gymnastic ability doesn't represent genius to me. YMMV.
See Chernoff's "African Music And African Sensibility" for some
enlightening commentary re: musical virtuosity.
Best,
dp