In article <da6jo1$j8h$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Tortoise:
>
> Excuse me, but I'm a little slow to grasp what must be an im****tant
> theoretical point, since everyone is always talking about it here.
Can
> anyone tell me what a musical context is?
>
>The Hatter:
>
> Certainly, Gentleman-with-the-Shell. A diatonic scale is a musical
> context.
>
>Alice:
>
> Nonsense! A diatonic scale is an ordered set of seven tones.
Everyone
> knows that.
>
>The Hatter:
>
> What do *you* know about music theory, my dear Alice?
>
> After seriously weighing your comments, I have concluded that I'm
> just going to have to ignore you because you are a kook, my dear.
>
> And why should anyone listen to a kook?
>
>The King:
>
> Enough of this bickering! I'm going to have to put my foot down. I
> *am* your King, you know, and I command your respect. At least,
that's
> what it says down here at the bottom of page two of my King's
manual.
>
> Eek! I'm going to have to be very careful where I step. It's
> terribly deep around here.
>
> Now I've gone and lost my train of thought. Darn! On second thought,
> make that Double-Darn!!
>
>The Queen:
>
> I'll second that. All of it--whatever it is.
>
> We'll have no more of that kook talk as long as I am The Queen.
> Back in those good old Medieval days, I would have had your head for
> engaging in such talk! You're lucky that I've mellowed through the
> years.
>
> This Gentleman is simply talking through his Hat. For his
information,
> Alice has forgotten infinitely more about music theory than he will
> *ever* know.
>
> This is just a tempest in a teapot. So I would advise him to stick
to
> what he knows best--whatever that is.
>
> The diatonic scale is a *context*?
>
> Sheesh!
>
>The Frog:
>
> I'll croak to that.
>
>
>-----------------------------
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where relevance is irrelevant
>(05)
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