On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:30:32PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Well, that's an aesthetic question of course. Yes, It's often said that 'taste' can't be discussed, but aeshtetics can. There are several things mixed up in this issue. The first is the value of adding beats to music that wasn't meant to have them. It has been done to anything from Gregorian chant to romantic opera, and I've *never* heard any example of it that did improve on the original, rather the contrary. The second is why one would reduce the natural rythm of any piece of music to a regular beat. One reason can be that this is an aesthetic feature in itself. There are some musical genres that are firmly based on this idea. Another reason - without wanting to comment on the OP's musical abilities which I don't know - is just incompetence - the inability to handle a piece of music unless it has a simple regular rythmic structure. A drummer or percussionist worth the name can add beats to whatever is thrown at him, regular or not. Someone who can't do that should probably not be adding beats to anything but find a better way to enjoy life. What would you think if someone were asking 'is there any program that can simplify the harmony of a song so I can play a three-note bass line to it' ?? Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
