[LAU] Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty--musicisjustone path

[Cesare Marilungo]

Charles Linart wrote:
> The Western scale is only seven notes.  Ever heard of an octave?  The
> Eastern (pentatonic) scale has five notes.
>
> If notes are notes only because I've been "conditioned" for them, why
> do the same notes show up in music all over the world?  Probably has
> something to do with the limitations of the human voice and the human
> ear.  Whatever the explanation, the bushman and Mozart incorporate the
> same 12 fundamental harmonics in their music.  The sound of a yak
> belch can be part of a rhythm, but it is utterly useless as a
> component of melody -- unless it happens by chance to be a note.
Here's a simple and brief answer to your question (maybe):

http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Music/12Tone.htm

c. <http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/%7Esbbc197/publicaties/proefschrift.pdf>
>
> On 4/5/07, Fons Adriaensen <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Charles Linart wrote:
>>
>> > There are 12 frequencies of sound that are recognized by the human ear
>> > as musical notes.
>>
>> That's completely wrong. Your recognise notes because you have been
>> conditioned for them. It could be any set of frequencies.
>>
>> > The limited use of other frequencies can produce rhythms to bind the
>> > notes into musical compositions.  Technology gives us the ability to
>> > turn everything into a drum, but you still need those 12 frequencies
>> > to produce melody.
>>
>> Again wrong. The existence of melody does not depend on the Western
>> 12-note scale.
>>
>> -- 
>> FA
>>
>> Follie! Follie! Delirio vano è questo !
>>
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