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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 16 Jul 2006 10:41 Stanislas de Kertanguy <stanislas.dekertanguy(a)lesptt.net> wrote: > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and > prestwich tesco 24h offy a exprim? avec pr?cision : > > What rules are those? > > Do you think one can answer the question without historical perspective > ? I'm more interested in whether Mixi can answer it, as he claimed they existed and were universal! :) Or, rather: "However, music itself follows much more universal rules, particularly when it comes to music that enjoys wide popularity." > I mean, are Monteverdi's rules the same as Sch?nberg's or Boulez's ? > The answer being clearly no, is there a "common rule" hidden behind the > two ? Can we consider that the geometrical sorting-out of an octave is > the general rule. Indeed, no. > My actual musical literacy is very low - but from what I understood, > there is not any rule in music that cannot be overturned. Even the > "golden" rules of harmonia. Well, Mixi knows this stuff- so I await the answer with bated breath! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Dave Frightens Me on 16 Jul 2006 11:20 On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:41:08 +0100, this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote: >Stanislas de Kertanguy <stanislas.dekertanguy(a)lesptt.net> wrote: > >> David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and >> prestwich tesco 24h offy a exprim? avec pr?cision : >> > What rules are those? >> >> Do you think one can answer the question without historical perspective >> ? > >I'm more interested in whether Mixi can answer it, as he claimed they >existed and were universal! :) > >Or, rather: > >"However, music itself follows much more >universal rules, particularly when it comes to music that enjoys wide >popularity." Well, music has repetitive elements, a fixed tone system, plus changes to keep the listener interested. That's about the only 'rules' I could think of. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 16 Jul 2006 11:22 On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:13:40 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and >prestwich tesco 24h offy writes: > >> Yet the only person that seems to have chronic language problems here >> (i.e. understanding, and being understood) is you. > >I mention them when I have them. You never mention them. Does that mean they don't exist? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Mxsmanic on 16 Jul 2006 13:43 Dave Frightens Me writes: > You never mention them. I mention them regularly. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 16 Jul 2006 14:12
Mxsmanic wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > > >>Define "resist" ... > > > Destroy germs before they produce any clinical infection. > > >>... a slight sore throat for half a day when a >>healthy immune system encounters a new virus is not quite >>the same as being bed-ridden for a week when an unhealthy >>system encounters the same virus. > > > Nobody is bedridden for a week with the common cold. So I exaggerate slightly! (Although they CAN be, if they have a "compromised" immune system.) > > Additionally, the symptoms of the common cold are caused by the > reaction of the immune system, not the virus itself. A healthy immune > system will thus produce symptoms at least as severe as a weak immune > system. > |