In article <slrndakvfp.fo1.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-06-10, peter <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I want to learn how to take a simple melody and add chords (e.g. with a
>> guitar) to make it sound better/fuller.
>>
>> There are bits and pieces of information on various web sites. It's
hard to
>> learn when one web site refers to a concept that it doesn't explain
>> itself -- I have to search for another web site to explain the concept.
>>
>> Is there one self-contained book/software/web site that would teach me
how
>> to do this?
>
>No. Unfortunately, this is a long and complex process.
>
> Or at least take me from a complete idiot to an intermediate
>> level.
>>
>> I know very little about music. I can play simple songs on piano. I can
play
>> songs I've heard on the piano in key-C with one finger. I get confused
by
>> songs with key-shifts in the middle.
>>
>> I know alot about computers, sound wave (frequency, amplitude, ...).
I'm
>> dying to know how harmonizing works in engineering terms (e.g.
something
>> like, "these notes sounds good together because their frequencies are
>> related in such and such way").
>
>Unfortunately, "harmonizing" a piece does not have a relevant acoustic
>basis. The problem is that "harmony" is a man-made construct, *part* of
>which has an acoustic foundation. The major part of it is *relational* in
>nature. That is, it deals with chord progression, which is not an
acoustic
>phenomenon.
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where relevance is irrelevant
>and the basis of "harmony" is not understood by the large majority
>
>
>>
>> Help?
>
>I sympathize with your objective, but you cannot get that help here!
>
>> -peter
>>
>>
>>
Got any audio clips of yourself making harmony or music of any kind?
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