On Feb 11, 2005, at 10:23 AM, John Howell wrote:
(And the Pink Panther theme remains the single most widely-heard
example of parallel 5ths since the 9th century!)
More than Smoke on the Water?
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In defense of music theory -- it seems to me (as someone who has taught it
mostly to performers for 25 years) that a primary function is help people's
brains become aware of what their ear already knows. (I know, it all
happens in the brain . . . guess I'm talking left-brain, right-brain -- oops
There is a tremendous fear of music theory out there, with many
musicians having the sense that music-theoretic discourse kills the
magic of music making. However, I find that that such feelings can
often be alleviated by identifying the tasks that theorists set as
modest ones with results
