In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hmm. Russell claims that the "music of the spheres", in other words, >the scale most closely associated with the laws of physics, is the >lydian-dominant scale. [...] > It's the best explanation for the plain old >minor tonality that I have found so far (which doesn't occur >"naturally" in physics until way, way up the harmonic series, yet >sounds completely normal.) Does this qualify as explaining tonality as >a product of the overtone series, even if it only shows the >differences? > >Now, I'm not saying that this is the only explanation possible for why >the major scale doesn't coincide with physics, but following this idea >opens quite a few doors. I find thinking of things as related to tonic >scales and home keys helps keep things in perspective for the music I >do. I am puzzled by the widespread assumption that the harmonic series is "natural". Its obvious occurrences are all in association with man-made artifacts. I see that "kallisti" makes a related point in the next entry. -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
