In article <d6j7at$32i$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Tortoise:
>
> Can anyone tell me why the first seven locations along the Circle of
> Fifths are numbered I,V,II,VI,III,VII consecutively?
>
>The Hatter:
>
> Certainly, Gentleman-with-the-Shell. Simple.
>
> It would be *silly* to number them 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
Nobody says that, Al. The truth is that motion by fifths is not the
be-all end-all that you make it, and motion by steps is im****tant to a
much wider range of musics. Your insistence on the primacy of fifths
is exactly the sort of *stylistic* concern at the expense of generality
which you yourself keep deriding.
>The Tortoise:
>
> Thank you so much, Gentleman-with-the-Hat. Now that I know all that
> there is to know about the Circle of Fifths, I can quit running
> around in Circles and finish my composition. I am calling it "The
> Wonderful Merry-go-Round".
>
>The Ostrich:
>
> What a great title! It's too bad that I will be unable to hear your
> masterpiece.
>
>The Frog:
>
> CroaK
>
>
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>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>(58)
Ah, I see, Al, it's too bad that you're unable to hear music. In that
case you really should leave the whole topic alone, now that the truth
has come out.
--
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/
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