In article <slrnd3q5ho.9ct.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-03-17, news <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> it for effect? Like, would it be inherently wrong to play a dissonant
>>> chord consisting of the notes (C aug+A) C-E-G#-A in root position if
>>
>>
>> When I play this out of context (C E G# A) even in this inversion I'm
still
>> hearing the A as the root. ie: Am(nat7).
>
>Interesting.
>
>
>When tone G# is replaced by tone G, what do you hear as the "root"?
>Is it tone A (as in Am7) or is it tone C (as in C6)?
>
>I can't wait to hear your answer!
>
>One final question:
>
>When you hear the tone combination ACEG with tone E as the tone of lowest
>pitch, what tone do you then hear as the "root"?
>
>I again can't wait to hear your answer!
>
>This is getting very exciting, isn't it?
>
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>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where a root is not what you might think it is
>
I suppose if you're as mentally impotent as you let on to be on Usenet,
you take your thrills where you can get 'em! You ought to know by now
that the answer to that question depends on contextual assumptions---or
stylistic assumptions--and there exists no style-free music and no
style-free musical principle.
--
Matthew H. Fields http://personal.www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
To be great, do things better and better. Don't wait for talent: no such
thing.
Brights have a naturalistic world-view. http://www.the-brights.net/
