"When you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that makes it good or bad."
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Oh, there are all kind of metaphors in that! How come I'd never come upon this line before in all my years of listening to Miles?
[A musician acquaintance of mine somewhat spoiled things by explaining that MD might just be acknowledging that the saxophone is a relatively easy instrument to play. Well, he said saxophone, which is what he plays - is it the same with the trumpet? He told me: "You can't be more than a semitone off; so, if you just keep on playing, people hardly ever notice a single bum note." I prefer to think that the great man was talking about musical logic, about how an inadvertent misstep might become a springboard to an unexpected but more satisfying development.]
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