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Originally Posted by mr dave
yes and no. even the weird stuff tends to draw from traditional resources in its initial stages. from my perspective it seems that the majority of 'weird' musicians have an idea of where the mainstream flows and where the tributary of weird stuff they like branches off. they're able to recognize the level of deviation between those two elements then tend to apply a similar amount of deviation to their own style from within the established tributary they chose to admire.
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Using just the basic fundimentals of music this theory is disproven.
There are eight commonly accepted note durations
whole note
half note
quarter note
eighth note
sixteenth note
thirty-second note
sixty-fourth note
hundred twenty-eighth note
Using the familular scale we are all used to, there is available to be combined with these particular lengths:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
If we were to make just a four note song using the above accessories...without taking into account time signatures, odd notes, dissonant elements, repetition etc..
there are literally endless combinations. It's bollocks to say there is no "new" music being written! It's like saying all books aren't really new, they are just made up of letters from other books.