quoted 26 lines Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:44:56 -0800 (PST)
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>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:44:56 -0800 (PST)
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>From: jon anderson <pyrrhonist2@yahoo.com>
>Subject: melody is rythm
>Message-ID: <20010127204456.723.qmail@web613.mail.yahoo.com>
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>as a sidenote, when people talk about whether
>so-and-so is mostly rythm or mostly melody, it can be
>said that all music is really only rythm.
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>when a pulse becomes rapid enough, we begin to hear it
>as pitch, and instead of "bpm" we refer to
>"frequency". e.g., when you hear a pitch, you receive
>a rapid succession of "beats" (changes of air
>pressure) on your eardrum.
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>i could imagine someone (like r. devine maybe) taking
>this idea and composing with bpm organizations
>(instead of pitch organizations). like, simultaneous
>beat collages being "chords", etc. then, if you speed
>the track up really really fast (imagine gradually
>spinning the vinyl faster and faster...) you begin to
>hear a melody.
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>j