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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 11:29 | |
Will you ever stop presenting your opinions as fact?
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richardh
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 12:13 | |
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2dogs
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 15:18 | |
I can't say I'm looking forward to hearing Jester's corrected versions, but maybe they'll create some interest in academic circles
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:09 | |
I am not presenting my opinions as facts I present it as opinions. I did not made this thread with intentions of starting up everyone I only wanted to offer my view on this situation and trying to get my opnion evolving. I wanted to hear about others to know what you find and why. I also want to make you think of the situation and get your opinions evolving. I offer arguments wich are my convivtions but if you prove my arguments aren't good I'll change my mind (like for Toccata) and admit things. I only wanted a serious debate.
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:15 | |
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Angelo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:33 | |
Did you notice your 'comma' key is broken?
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:36 | |
For this one, I totally agree with you but everyone does errors. In fact, I was saying this because it is a fact: he doesn't consider the chord changes in the beginning of Tarkus, and the notes he should play (if it was by the book), he does not play them. He makes dissonance in all Tarkus. I've seen the scores, I analysed it and this is my conclusion. There's a key change in the riff and he does not consider it. He continues to play like if he was in the first chord. I sure omitted some things in the statement like ''in the beginning of Tarkus''. I'm still sorry, I can't say I'm right but please, let me have my opinion too. Edited by The_Jester - January 28 2012 at 16:59 |
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Angelo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:42 | |
Interesting... what makes you so sure he didn't do this on purpose?
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:48 | |
It maybe was but even if it was he still didn't consider it. You can unconsider something on purpose.
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:50 | |
Also playing "by the book" is not the golden rule that's never to be broken - Music Theory, as I have said before, is a means to describe what has been used, not a means of restricting what can be used.
By all means have your opinion, but phrase it as opinion not fact:
"I analysed it and this is the conclusion" is opinion presented as fact
"I analysed it and this is my conclusion" is opinion presented as opinion
and consider the possibility that what Emerson composed was what he wanted to compose and the dissonance are deliberate and planned..
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:52 | |
Also playing "by the book" is not the golden rule that's never to be broken - Music Theory, as I have said before, is a means to describe what has been used, not a means of restricting what can be used. And that's not an opinion?
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Angelo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:58 | |
You're writing nonsense - have you been drinking? Unless he told you personally, you will never know whether he considered it. The difference is that when he 'did something', it will show in the scores you looked at, whether he 'considered doing something' is unknown to you, unless he told you he did or he wrote that down somewhere and you read it.
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 16:58 | |
I'm done.
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Angelo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:04 | |
con·sid·er
v. con·sid·ered, con·sid·er·ing, con·sid·ers v.tr.
1. To think carefully about. 2. To think or deem to be; regard as. See Usage Note at as1. 3. To form an opinion about; judge: considers waste to be criminal. 4. To take into account; bear in mind: Her success is not surprising if you consider her excellent training. 5. To show consideration for: failed to consider the feelings of others. 6. To esteem; regard. 7. To look at thoughtfully. All 7 of these are things for which you cannot judge whether they have been done just by looking at a music scores - unless they are annotated to indicate this.. Edited by Angelo - January 28 2012 at 17:06 |
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:06 | |
Maybe I'm wrong with defining ''consideration'' because I tought that not considering something was like not taking care of an element (in this case not taking care of the chord change) and could be wanted or not.
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:14 | |
Well, this time I clearly lost. You win, I did make a big argumentative error and I'm sorry to have done it. What I wanted to say is that he continued playing on the same chord while the chord changed that's all.
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:15 | |
"consider" has the latin root considerare meaning "to look at closely or to observe". Often in English to say that you considered something is used in context for not doing something - for example, "I considered going to the cinema, but it was raining so I stayed at home."
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tamijo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:18 | |
I think everybody does what they think sounds good. Unless they are payed to do diffrent.
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Angelo
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:23 | |
That's fine, no worries. What triggered me initially was not the word 'consider', but rather the fact that you wrote ' I couldn't believe he doesn't know his musical theory'. It's related: you don't know whether he did not know is musical theory when he decided to continue playing on the same chord. In my opinion he did know his theory, otherwise there's a big chance he would never have reached the heights he did. For one thing, some of his pieces have been, and still are, performed by classical orchestras. The musicians that play in these are not the most open minded when it comes to violating the 'laws' laid down in music theory, so he must have done something right....
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Dean
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Posted: January 28 2012 at 17:26 | |
/edit - many 20th Century composers used bitonality, for example Aaron Copland... and we all know that ELP covered his music. Edited by Dean - January 28 2012 at 17:37 |
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