From: Matthew Poot (mattpoot@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 04:20:54 GMT
Hello,
Mark: That tension IS us at the moment of listening, plus the patterns of the music - in the event stream - DQ in action
For me, tension (in the actual sense of the word) both harmonically, rhythm , everything, draws me to my current selection of musical listening (King Crimson, The Power To Believe[2004]). There is definitely DQ, put into the composition itself...not just in my listening experience.
Some pieces it is not the tension, but the cohesion, and pleasing harmony. Yet, I guess this is still tension. I suppose that the word tension can have multiple uses, as opposed to the one we know, which is referred to the feeling, tense. Relaxed music, is still apart of the tension.
What do you mean when you say 'SQ-SQ'?
Matt
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From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
To: moq_discuss@moq.org
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: MD SQ-SQ tension in Mozart's Symphony No38
In a message dated 2/16/04 12:45:48 PM GMT Standard Time, pholden@sc.rr.com writes:
If it's snobby to find some music better than other music (I don't
consider drum beating music), then I happily plead guilty. My question to
you: Why mess around with less than the best of human achievement? Why
compromise on quality?
Regards,
Platt
Dear Platt,
You raise interesting questions. I am not sure if i can shine a light on them, but we do agree there is a region of musical excellence, at least in the Western tradition?
There is also one in the East, and to us it may sound like absolute rubbish? I have found Indian Raga to be on a par with Mozart, better even, and i say that because Indian Raga is very Dynamic.
This leads me to the central point as i understand it: SQ-SQ tension.
c.
For those banging drums, that experience is valid also.
Maybe a modern composer may take sophisticated drum patterns, apply them to Mozart like harmonics, and move on towards new things?
All the best,
Mark
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