In article <slrnd9c88q.qub.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-05-26, Matthew Fields <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Al. Writing chords is writing music. "Constructing" chords is just
>> deciding which music to write.
>>
>Before one can *use* a chord, one has to be able to *construct* a chord.
>This would seem to be evident.
But it's wrong. Composers have been writing chords and then discovering
after the fact that they are in fact chords for centuries.
>Writing chord-based music is *using* chords. Hence it follows logically
(a
>word in short supply here) writing chord-based music requires the
>construction of chords.
>
>It also does not hurt if one *understands* how to use these chords after
>they are constructed.
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where you can't tell the "doctors" from the patients
You are attempting to lecture me on music composition. Let's have it,
where are your compositions?
--
Matthew H. Fields http://personal.www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
To be great, do better and better. Don't wait for talent: no such thing.
Brights have a naturalistic world-view. http://www.the-brights.net/
