On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Computers exist because of something called the 'Digital abstraction': How to make a complex messy 'real' thing like voltage into a neat-n-clean 'logical' 0-or-1.
See http://6004.csail.mit.edu/Fall01/handouts/L02-1up.pdf
Musical theory is likewise: Where to put your hands on a guitar or violin or piano is very different. Musical theory gives an abstract frame where something essential common to these differences is distilled out.
The question is not so much whether that abstraction is useful so much as is it faithful.
I recently got into an argument (on the python list so more OT there than here :-) ) about whether a B# is the same as C. If we allow that they may not always be the same then we have a case where the theory-of-musical-harmony (may be) breaking.
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 10:38 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 20:41 -0400, Ricardus Vincente wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:34 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > Opps ... sometimes I do type faster than my brain works. Of course I
> >> > meant to say that c e g would be G Major :)
> >>
> >> BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
> >>
> >
> > Well, another chord we name it different here ;), but don't worry,
> > everybody should understand what app you wish to get.
> >
> One which automatically transposes C to G =). Or, alternatively, that
> recognizes a Gsus.
Serious, is there a command line tool or a GUI based tool that
"calculates" cords?
OT: At least I should fire up Qtractor now, but I'm still short in time.
FWIW I don't care, I only know that the OP is mistaken, because I teach
music and the pupils wished to know about theory. For "God's sake", in
Germany we also have a "theory of harmony" regarding to it's
functionality, e.g. c d# f# a is a symmetrical cord. Nobody cares about
it's name, but we care a lot about the emotions people listening to this
cord.
Computers exist because of something called the 'Digital abstraction': How to make a complex messy 'real' thing like voltage into a neat-n-clean 'logical' 0-or-1.
See http://6004.csail.mit.edu/Fall01/handouts/L02-1up.pdf
Musical theory is likewise: Where to put your hands on a guitar or violin or piano is very different. Musical theory gives an abstract frame where something essential common to these differences is distilled out.
The question is not so much whether that abstraction is useful so much as is it faithful.
I recently got into an argument (on the python list so more OT there than here :-) ) about whether a B# is the same as C. If we allow that they may not always be the same then we have a case where the theory-of-musical-harmony (may be) breaking.
Since I'm a guitarist most of the chords I prefer are named insane.
Jimi Hendrix: Eb(no 3rd), Aadd9 and the sharp ninth, E7#9. Set to the
situational context I simply name "E7#9" "E major", so a simple blues
gets "Voodoo Chile"-quality.
However, as long as we don't try to get a certificate from an academy,
the names of cords are completely irrelevant.
It's bullshit, nobody needs to know. For a gig we need to know what
emotion should be transmitted, so we only need scripts that remind us to
the basics, such as C or C-. If the cord is a 7, major or minor etc.
shouldn't matter.
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