In article <slrnd9c6qc.lgd.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-05-26, Buster Mudd <mr_furious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Albert Silverman wrote:
>>> It describes the construction of chords *in isolation
>>> from a musical context*
>>
>>
>>
>> Um...why would you want to describe the construction of chords *in
>> isolation from a musical context* ?
>
>Simple.
>
>A chord is a basic building block of chord-based musical composition.
>Since this type of music is *organized* around the chord, it makes no
>sense at all to "compose" such music without having an understanding of
>what the chord is all about!!
>
>Your question is just like asking: "Why should one learn how a sentence
is
>constructed in order to write a book"? Just as a sentence is the basic
>building block of English grammar, the chord is the basic building block
>of this type of music.
>
>I personally believe in understanding the nature of the basic building
>block *before* I seriously try to put these blocks together.
>
>Are you *really* saying, for example, that one who composes music in the
>popular style (which generally is chord-based music) has no need to
>understand chords and how they are constructed in order to
*intelligently*
>compose such music?
>
>
>Or is it your view (like some of those in this newsgroup) that such music
>doesn't exist?
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where one just "composes", without learning the basics
>
>
> > > Isn't that sort of like describing a brick without
>ever referring
>to > its functional use in architecture? Sure, you could say "it's a
>> rectangular solid made of ______ " (say, what *are* bricks made of
>> anyway?) but you can't really elaborate on that brick's behavior
>> without addressing its function. Not particularly useful for
>> understading the value of bricks, I would think.
>>
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