sarcasm noted...
though i'm not sure i agree with your implied point. those wacky
asian scales usually being based on obvious points on the overtone
series that we can easily hear. the 'problem' of 12-tone music is
that takes a scale thats not particularly in tune to begin with
(equal temperament) and generates a thicket of sound that baffles the
ears.
that said, i love a lot of Schoenberg's music. it's full of ideas and
you don't have to understand his procedures to get a lot out of the
music.
k
quoted 20 lines O>O
>n Thu, 25 Oct 2001, zachary mastoon wrote:
>> this is true. schoenberg used matrices as well as inverted the staff
>> vertically or horizontally for thematic variations. from what i understand,
> > he'd also create "keys" by constructing triads irregardless of their
>> intervallic space- so, for instance, a triad could be c,c#, and d! its
>> fascinating from a conceptual standpoint but, at the same time, it's all
>> quite fucked when you think about it. :) he basically took wagner or
>> stravinsky and erased ALL resolve- well, resolve as people knew it then.
>
>[sarcasm]
> you guys wanna hear something even more wacky and fucked up?
>check out some of that "eastern" and "oriental" music coming out, they
>only use 5 notes in their scale (aka pentatonic)! it's soooo experimental
>and groundbreaking! all those wacky asians are giving a big "FUCK YOU!"
>to beethoven! he's gotten boring ever since his "greatest hits"
>quadruple 12" anyway...
>[/sarcasm]
>
>-j
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