In article <slrnd9k08g.f81.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-05-29, Fiona <fiona@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> "Albert Silverman" <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> <michaelmossey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > Albert Silverman wrote:
>>> >> Fiona <fiona@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Albert Silverman" <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> >> >> MUSIC 101: CHORD CONSTRUCTION
>>> >> >> by Albert Silverman
>>> >> >> May 27, 2005
>>> >> >> -----------------------------
>>> >> >> A "chord" is a group of three or four *tones* (not notes)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Why are you prejudice against two note chords?
>>> >>
>>> >> In *chord-based* music (such as popular songs, ballads, folk tunes,
>>> >> broadway musicals, etc., etc.), a "chord" is composed of *three or
>> four*
>>> >> tones in certain interval configurations (which I list as chord
>>> >> construction formulas in my article).
>> [snip]
>>> > Intrepid student: Why?
>>> >
>>> > AS: Because in chord-based music, a chord is three or four tones.
>>>
>>> Who is AS?
>>
>> AS = Albert Silverman
>>
>>> > Intrepid student: What is chord-based music?
>>> >
>>> > AS: Music that is based on chords.
>>>
>>> Who is AS, and where did AS say this?
>>
>> AS said in message <news:slrnd9c3tt.rau.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> "Chord-based music uses the chord as the unit of musical organization."
>>
>> So is AS now claiming that "chord-based music" (a concept that no one
even
>> recognises as a separate entity) isn't based on chords?
>
>Of course not.
>
>The point is that this statement *alone* does not convey the critical
>****tion of what AS said: the chord is a unit of musical organization.
>
>Without an understanding of this vital concept, one may well see nothing
>wrong with a two-tone "chord." The unit of musical organization which was
>defined and refined and developed during the common practice period of
>musical composition is a *three-tone* unit (with an additional fourth
tone
>to enhance chord tension) having a special type of interval pattern.
>
>I listed nine of these special units as "basic" chord types in my
article.
>
>To refer to a chord as simply containing three or four tones is a gross
>omission of im****tant information concerning the nature of a chord.
>
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where sins of omission are irrelevant
>and quotes out of context are relevant
>
>
>
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>>
>>
>> Fiona
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