13-12-2010, 04:11 AM
Way off.
The study was based on a false premise.
Namely, that average Americans would, under ANY circumstances, be equipped to appreciate the distinctions between a world-class violinist playing a masterpiece instrument while interpreting the canon with extraordinary facility and insight, and some Country and Western hack fiddler sawing away at a plywood student model while butchering a "tune" slightly less melodic than a rib joint fart contest.
The study was based on a false premise.
Namely, that average Americans would, under ANY circumstances, be equipped to appreciate the distinctions between a world-class violinist playing a masterpiece instrument while interpreting the canon with extraordinary facility and insight, and some Country and Western hack fiddler sawing away at a plywood student model while butchering a "tune" slightly less melodic than a rib joint fart contest.