On 16/04/01 23:49, Guillaume Grenier said in living color:
quoted 4 lines Well, pretty much every Autechre track is in A minor, so... ;)> Well, pretty much every Autechre track is in A minor, so... ;)
>
> (Only partly kidding... really, a *whole* lot of them *are* in A minor, if I
> remember correctly [or in Aeolian mode, if you wish...])
To reply to my own post and raise a bit its anality level and because I have
nothing better to do right now:
Aeolian mode would really be a better qualification of those Autechre
tracks. 'Cause the tracks are (almost?) never "tonal" in a dominant-tonic
sort of way. You'll (almost? -- I'd be really curious to see if that is 100%
true...) never find a V with a "sensible" (that's leading tone, in English,
I think?) resolving on a I (or a substitute) in an Autechre track. In other
words, there is no occurrence of the tension-release couples which
essentially define common practice tonal music.
The music thus has a modal feel... With very unequivocal anchor tones. Very
often being A. Exploited in an Aeolian mode.
All of this of course only applies to those tracks containing a clear,
"pitched" musical backbone (not just clicks, pops and scratches) rooted in
the equal temperament system. Which amounts to the vast majority of their
output, actually.
Lately, they've been playing more and more with different harmonic/melodic
frameworks, though... Some more atonal stuff (in a "non-tonal, non-modal but
pitched" sense). Stuff focusing on an intervallic gesture rather than a real
melody (say, the last track on the last Peel Sessions). Etc.
I don't know if anybody gives a damn about that / if that makes any sense at
all. But then, try explaining music theory concepts in a foreign language
past midnight... Just try...
g.
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Guillaume Grenier - gollum@videotron.ca
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