chopin etudes

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Let me just point out that you didn't really tell me why classical music is great in your message, just that "I cannot deny that it is"

I told you all kinds of stuff, read it again. I'm not going to be your broken record if you refuse to read.

But I will say this: you say that you can say bad critical things about any genre of music. I say that I don't criticise genres. There are no bad genres. Each genre has good and bad. I only criticise bad music. There's tons of great pop music out there. None of it is on our commercial radio these days. I've never ever once claimed that one genre is better than another. I'm not so foolish as to claim that pop is superior to classical or anything else, nor that classical is superior to pop or country or rap or jazz or anything else because there are no bad genres.

And you're the one calling me narrow-minded all afternoon.

Although if you want to cite elitism, jazz is the snootiest BY FAR. I can't stand the attitudes of half the jazz players out there (I've met many, have one in the family). Doesn't mean that the genre is bad, but there is a thick arrogance in the room at most jazz shows that flows off the stage. I can agree that there are some classical FANS out there who are elite about it, but you can't fault the genre just for the attitude of some of its listeners. That's like saying that AC/DC sucks because many of their hooligan fans throw ***** at the opening act trying to boo them off stage. That's not AC/DC's fault and certainly has nothing to do with their music. Neither do snooty music teachers have anything to do with the work of the classical composers of the last 400-500 years. That's a completely invalid argument.