On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 14:10 +0200, Funs Seelen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 13:15 +0200, Funs Seelen wrote: > >> The word "circle" suggests the B# and C > >> to be equal. > > > > Well, draw a circle with a pair of compasses and than take a look how > > circular it is, watching it by a SEM. > > > > Well, what I meant is that it is more like an endless rope that has > endless overlaps, an endless spiral. How tight it is, or better, where > the overlaps are located exactly depends on the temperament. You could > see it as a circle when a piano with 12 keys or a guitar with 12 frets > per octave is your only reference. Hehe, I'm a guitarist. How many guitars do you know that are completely clean to the octave, 0 and 12 fret, while the temperament is as wanted for anything between fret 0 and 12? > > While I'm aware that my statements against theory are stupid, there's a > > funny side that ships with theory. > > > > I understand, but I feel the need to emphasize the value of music > theory when people are quoting something like music is just about > expressing emotion and theory is useless or unnecessary, because I > think that expressing yourself by using a system without having any > knowledge of that system doesn't make much sense. Then why use a > system anyway? Apologize! > > I bet we easily could jam without playing bad notes Aaaargh! I had a Déjà-vu and I don't like to get this feeling :S. > and without sharing > > any information about notes and harmony before doing this, just because > > of our experiences. > > Yes, I did this for several years, but understanding the theory behind > it opened my eyes. It could be a help, I agree, while I don't have much knowledge myself. > > But if we would talk about harmonies, we might > > understand what the tonic is, but in the end we would sound like idiots > > treated by Orff music therapy, or we will metamorphose to > > http://www.seknews.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/lehrer-lions.jpg > > > > Where did you get my family picture? :p Sorry, here in the madhouse we only have limited access to the Internet, we're only allowed to face people with similar handicaps :p as we've got. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
