>>How do you tell the difference between the consonance and the
>>dissonance, then?
>>
>>Without reference to other music or a system of rules not reflected
>>in the musical text where the dissonance is never resolved, the two
>>terms are simply meaningless.
>>
>>At least, so it seems to *me*.
>>
>>David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
>
>Such a statement is supportable only if you believe that musical
>perception is a purely cultural phenonmenon without any biological
>basis.
>
>I would agree that there is no hard-and-fast natural boundary between
>the dissonant and the consonant, and that culture plays a big role in
>drawing such arbitrary boundaries. However, I would think that
>anyone, ever, from anywhere, would agree that a minor second is much
>more dissonant than a perfect fifth, and that those two extreme
>intervals are absolutely dissonant and absolutely consonant
>respectively, and without regard to musical context.
This seems obvious to me, growing up in the west.
I wonder if people who grew up in the east see that situation the same way?
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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