10 Dec
2020
10 Dec
'20
7:47 p.m.
I don't know... chant musics are frequently intended to bring on a
trance in the listener. Chants are used in the ritualistic events that
underpin certain cultures, traditions, religions, etc.
I've been brought to places while in a deep focus (aided by chant
musics) that parallel experiences I've had on psychoactive drugs.
In that sense, Eno's description is sort of perfect to me. Gregorian
chant was used to induce religious focus, so the music itself does sort
of fall out of primary consideration when "used" correctly.
On 12/10/20 11:06 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:19 AM david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
<mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com>> wrote:
Depends on if you consider "ambient" to mean only instrumental music.
Gregorian and other chant (I live in Hawaii, we have our own chant
tradition) are meant to communicate meaning/feelings through
words. In
my opinion, they're also not meant for "background" listening, the
way I
think of a lot of ambient music.
Absolutely. The composers and historical performers of Gregorian chant
(a distinctly religious music tradition) would likely be rather
annoyed to be considered "as ignorable as it is listenable" (the core
of Eno's original definition of ambient music)
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