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Old 12-26-2011, 10:03 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra View Post
Melody and harmony, imo, shouldn't be the realm of mathematics anyway. It should be the realm of listener, and composer intuition. It's how hip-hop operates, and it's what allows hip-hop to reach areas that more strictly constructed music can't always achieve.
In terms of pitch relationship I'd have to disagree on the grounds that a series of 2s,4s,8ths ect will always occur more times than 3s,6s,12ths ect. My main gripe with atonal music is that it relies on obscurity in order to function, atonality should concern itself predominately with tone color.
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