On 5/31/2017 8:43 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/31/2017 5:59 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> Well, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one. However, there
>> are people who are qualified to have one. People who cannot sing, or
>> cannot play an instrument, cannot read music and cannot identify the
>> instruments being played cannot make a credible judgement about the
>> relative merits of a piece of music. That would be like someone who
>> cannot identify the sweet, sour, salty and bitter, or distinguish
>> between the flesh of a mammal or the flesh of a fish judging a meal.
>>
>>
>
> I match the first three of your criteria. The fact that I cannot sing
> has little to do with my ability to like or dislike certain music. I do
> know where middle c is on a piano but I cannot tell the difference
> listening if is played on a Steinway or Fazioli. But I do know I like
> Edvard Greig's piano concerto.

I can't carve marble but I appreciate David. Can't play an instrument
so I don't know good music? That doesn't make sense.

nancy