tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post6553543851014220738..comments2024-03-19T02:14:31.704-04:00Comments on <center>OnFiction</center>: Of Violins and NovelsKeith Oatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419339550879570935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post-66917422892764244282016-03-27T02:39:57.608-04:002016-03-27T02:39:57.608-04:00The first bowed stringed instrument extended techn...The first bowed stringed instrument extended technique goes to be paw plucked. this easy technique is employed in an exceedingly ton of non-traditional music like Sarasate and is especially common in additional rustic varieties of music than the classical repertoire most violinists area unit familiar with.Andrewhttp://letsmusicnow.com/best-electric-violin-reviews-2016/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post-34990628676345181822010-10-23T21:40:29.807-04:002010-10-23T21:40:29.807-04:00Thanks for your comment, Jan. You pose an importan...Thanks for your comment, Jan. You pose an important question, indeed one so important that I think the answer to it would go a long way toward elucidating a host of other important questions concerning reader response to fiction. An empirical approach to your question might ask fifty readers of a particular novel which passage they considered representative of the work. If one passage were chosen more often, then perhaps that passage would be the best to perform. Or if two tended to predominate, perhaps a minimum of two would be necessary to achieve convincing representativeness. <br /><br />Concerning novels with several voices, I agree that it may be harder to choose. I just read The Elegance of the Hedgehog, in which the two speakers vary on many factors, but seem to share similar views on the important things. Still, I would think that representativeness in this case could only be achieved with a sample from both voices.<br /><br />I think your suggestion for a particular moment relative to the plot's climax is excellent in that it might be this section of the novel that the performer (who has read the novel and knows the outcome) could vocally interpret most poignantly, while not revealing too much to the reader so as not to ruin her subsequent reading of the work.Rebecca Wells Joplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485890436841556217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post-29309098480364187682010-10-21T21:38:10.165-04:002010-10-21T21:38:10.165-04:00This is an appealing idea, but how would one choos...This is an appealing idea, but how would one choose a representative passage for a work? In something like Gilead, it's tone is so consistent that one could choose any scene. But in The History Of Love, which of several voices would serve?<br /><br />Hmm. Further thought: a scene that rises toward the climax might be able to suggest both its origination and destination.LWPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567153229439717644noreply@blogger.com