Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 06:23 PM 6/24/06 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote:
Conversely, notation does not show advances during periods of compositional
conservatism like the rather extreme one we're experiencing, and the
coincidence of notation software and compositional conservatism magnify the
consequences.
The consequences are that notational evolution slows, and in this
particular period, the advances made in the earlier decades are being
pushed back. Cycling back will likely restore those advances, but it
doesn't assure another revolutionary change to the vocabulary.
And there's always the possibility that because of the current shrinking
of the world through technology, that it will take a while for everyone
to catch up to the status quo. AT present, a lot of people in
"third-world" countries are catching up to 'modern' notation and
sonality and the like, and learning what those of us in western Europe
and north America take for granted.
A question is: Once that is done, what will those new voices add that
we haven't really considered before? If the contributions are equal to
those made by former slaves in the US, the changes will be remarkable.
cd
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