He's apparently grown tired of being soundly trounced
in rec.music.theory and has gone back to rec.music.compose
where he's off-topic.
In article <d73dvh$oga$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Tortoise:
>
> I'm a little slow to grasp this extremely difficult concept. Can
> anyone tell me what a triad is?
>
>The Hatter:
>
> Of course. A triad often contains some tones, but only if the tone
of
> lowest pitch is higher than the largest interval. If not, then the
> triad is a perversion of the intervals. And if the highest interval
is
> lower than the largest pitch, then..........
>
>Alice:
>
> Nonsense! A triad contains three tones, which can be rearranged to
> form a specific pitch interval pattern with either three or four
semi-
> tones between adjacent pairs of tones, with the root-tone as the
tone
> of lowest pitch.
>
> Everyone knows that.
>
>The Hatter:
>
> You're talking through your hat, my dear; remind me to patch up that
> big hole in the top for you. As for your claim about a triad, you
are
> simply WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG,
WRONG,
> WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.......
>
> How can you possibly be right, my dear, when you don't even have the
> proper credentials? Three tones indeed! Indeed. Indeed. Indeed.
> Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. Indeed......
>
>
>-------------------------
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where relevance is irrelevant
>(01)
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