5 Apr
2007
5 Apr
'07
7:59 a.m.
On Thursday 05 April 2007, Paul Davis wrote:
i don't think you're correct there. for a
start, the modes we use in
western classical, religious and popular were not often used 500 years
ago. the influences that jazz has introduced into much western music
would have been mostly unknown 500 years ago, because jazz itself didn't
exist then. the notions of fugues and counterpoint were (mostly)
developed 400 years ago in western europe - before that time having two
melodic lines in opposite motion but also harmonizing would have
probably sounded very odd.
I don't think it would sound too odd. It's just that noone thought of the idea
before..
I am very much convinced that if i would take miles davis' "kind of blue"
and
go back 500 years i would find many people who would immediately dig that
sound (religious zealots aside)..
It's kinda like with inventions. Afterwards it's easy to understand. The
difficult, time consuming part is coming up with them :)
Flo
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