On 2 Jun 2007 at 15:46, dhbailey wrote: > shirling & neueweise wrote: > > > >> Perhaps those cultures which don't use the dominant-to-tonic > >> harmonic motion simply haven't discovered it yet. > > > > that, again, is musical colonialism. > > What, positing a supposition is musical colonialism?
The word "discovered" is loaded, and you also say "yet," implying a progressive, evolutionary view of musical culture. So, yes, in fact, the words you use imply a somewhat "colonial" attitude towards these other musical cultures. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
