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

[Ismael Valladolid Torres]

Paul Davis escribe:
> 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. 

We certainly owe to Bach what we consider musical now.