In article <slrndegbft.e49.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-07-27, Jon Slaughter <Jon_Slaughter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I was wondering if the majority of "function" comes from the way the
>> overtone series(the timbre in this case) works "behind the scenes" to
>> influence the ear.
>
>You can stop Wondering right now!
>
>*NONE* of what you may be referring to as "function" does.
>
>Glad to be of assistance.
>
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where relevance is irrelevant
>and none of our Wonderful residents understands "function"
>
>>
>> Has anyone(or can anyone) done a piece of popular cpp music where the
timbre
>> of the instrument consists of only the fundamental? I'm wondering how
the
>> cadences will hold up and also the pull of the dominant(not to mention
a few
>> other things).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
>>
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