News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently. Parent comment

Re:The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently by tunesmith on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:09PM (#16161885)
It almost seems as if what they're really testing is the difference between practice and performance. Some of jazz is actually making a mistake "work" for you by how you recover. (It's a myth that jazz improvisers always know what they're about to play.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently by agumonkey on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:14PM (#16161953)
once is a mistake, twice it's art
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently by beat on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:48PM (#16162379)
Or doubling down on a mistake.
[ Parent | on HN ]