In article <slrnd67l07.iva.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-04-16, J R Laredo <jrlaredo621@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> "David Webber" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:d3ofd3$hdc$1$8300dec7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >..... the only scale that is relevant to this discussion
>>>> is the diatonic major scale...
>>>
>>>> C-major scale C D E F G A B
>>>> degree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
>>>>
>>>>...
>>>> A melody composed from the tones of this scale (but necessarily
>>>> containing all of these tones) possesses a special characteristic of
>>>> fundamental theoretical im****tance. This characteristic is associated
>>>> with the seventh and fourth scale degrees. In certain musical
>>>> contexts, the fourth scale degree (i.e., tone having this pitch
level)
>>>> will possess an indescribable aural tension, which the ear perceives
>>>> as an urge to progress downward in pitch *by one semi-tone* to the
>>>> third degree. Another way of saying this is that the fourth scale
>>>> degree has a "tendency" which is directed toward the third scale
>>>> degree.....
>>>
>>> Example: "What shall we do with the drunken sailor" using all of the
>>> above notes and no others:
>>>
>>> A AA A AA | A D F A |
>>> G GG G GG | G C E G |
>>> A AA A AA | A B C D |
>>> C A G E | D D |
>>>
>>> F shows no "tendency" to move to E
>>> B shows no particular "tendency" to move to C even though the melody
does
>>> pass through B-C (and keep going)
>>>
>>> Sorry Albert it won't wash. It's much more complicated than you
>>> describe.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> --
>>> David Webber
>>> Author MOZART the music processor for Windows -
http://www.mozart.co.uk
>>> For discussion/sup****t see
http://www.mozart.co.uk/mzusers/mailinglist.htm
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, I hate to say this, but the mighty Al was discussing, or trying
to, at
>> least, "diatonic major scale," and this little ditty, though it uses
the
>> pitches of a diatonic C major scale, is modal and belongs to a
different set
>> of rules.
>>
>"Mighty Al"?
>
>Don't you mean "Goliath"?
>
>In this case, however, the outcome of this contest will certainly be
>different! Guaranteed.
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where relevance is certainly irrelevant
Bariatric medicine has come a long way, Al, as has psychiatry.
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