On Jul 10, 2006, at 3:35 PM, David Froom wrote:
Darcy, how would that first phrase in Chopin's e minor prelude be
explained
in jazz theory terms? I'd be curious to see that.
I could take a stab at it. Give me a bit of time to look at it again
(same as the first phrase of Jobim's How Insensitive).
I saw a report in the Washington Post about Tymoczko's article -- the
newsworthiness was that it was published in Science (clever move on
his
part). He is a very smart guy, and could be on to something. He
is also
not making any extravagant claims, but seems to be offering this as
a way of
understanding. Traditional music theory really does struggle with
mid-19th
through 20th century harmony (unless it carefully follows a well-
established
theory/method). Unfortunately, I could not look at the movie link
-- keeps
timing out on me.
Try this -
http://music.princeton.edu/~dmitri/ChordGeometries.html
I liked what I have seen of him so far. He says that jazz and
classical music are not as far apart as everyone says they are, which
I have been arguing for a long time, too.
Christopher
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