I found this passage interesting: *What has changed is how the chords are spliced into melodies. In the 1950s many of the less common chords would chime close to one another in the melodic progression. More recently, they have tended to be separated by the more pedestrian chords, leading to a loss of some of the more unusual transitions. Timbre, lent by instrument types and recording techniques, similarly shows signs of narrowing, after peaking in the mid-60s, a phenomenon Dr Serrà attributes to experimentation with electric-guitar sounds by Jimi Hendrix and the like.* I believe that pop music today is very much influenced by guitar music and guitar thinking. -- Louigi Verona http://www.louigiverona.ru/

Helo Everyone1 Just a note: It might be very helpful to write at least a sentence accompanying such links. I've seen it a couple of times, links being posted with comments like "Interesing" or "do you believe it?"... In the name of being informed: a sentence or two about the contents of said links might really be nice. Thank you and kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! ====== Find my music at ====== http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html ..................................... "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)