Rhythm vs Melody
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Topic: Rhythm vs Melody
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Subject: Rhythm vs Melody
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 11:12
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Silly poll I know. Think of it in terms of drums, bass, rhythm guitar vs. lead guitar, keys, etc. (excluding vocals). Lately it's been all about rhythm for me. Bands like Can and Tortoise have been played on a daily basis for the past 2 months. ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 11:58
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Pretty weird thing to ask since it's often the interplay between the two that makes things so interesting, but I figure that lately I've been much more interested by music with a heavy focus on melody, and even more so harmony. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Tillerman88
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 15:02
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Man how come you make such an odd poll that I'd not find in other music forums at all?.... There is plainly no music without rhythm; on the other hand, I'd never be able to appreciate just the 'skeleton' of it...... whatever... ------------- The overwhelming amount of information on a daily basis restrains people from rewinding the news record archives to refresh their memories... |
Posted By: Tillerman88
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 15:22
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Anyway, who on earth could NOT appreciate this: ;) ------------- The overwhelming amount of information on a daily basis restrains people from rewinding the news record archives to refresh their memories... |
Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 17:04
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Quite impossible to have a melody without rhythm ;D Voted melody, because it gives more diversity to my ears. Could listen to music with only one bar length notes for quite long and could be still very interesting, but to rhythm compositions I could listen just a few minutes. ------------- |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 17:14
Yes, that's exactly how I feel.
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Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: September 30 2017 at 22:48
| Both for me are essential.... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 00:18
| rhythm & melody |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 00:20
| Both. A melody has rhythm. If not, it's a bad and amateurish composition. There is a lot of soft and annoying music. Julia from the Beatles is slow, melancholic, sad, but not soft at all. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 07:45
| to have great prog or jazz you need both of course---but melody . |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 09:30
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Melody. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 13:31
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A good melody with a basic rhythm is still enjoyable while a poor melody with a good rhythm gets tedious. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 15:43
| Being a (try hard) bassist, I mostly focus on the rhythmic side of things. Yes, melody is an important component within music too, though I don't define a good song just by melody. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 15:46
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28% rhythm, 72% melody. ------------- 
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 16:37
| Exquisite melodies are rare creations. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 01 2017 at 16:46
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One more for the rhythm section! Yoo Doo Right! |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 07:52
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Mmmmelody. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 10:29
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gimme dem beats boy ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 11:18
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i reccomend Howard Goddals documentary series that goes into details on how music is buildt upp from skelleton, to organs, to flesh and soul. first episode is about rythem, 2nd episode is about harmony, 3rd episode is about melody and 4th episode is about bass. worth investigating ass Goddal is a very good prescentor. -------------  
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 11:40
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There's always rhythm in melody and vice versa but I obviously know what you mean. I am voting for the first sign of music the human is exposed to via mom's heartbeat: yep Beats by Dre. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 04 2017 at 15:59
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Melody is like a movie script. If it's no good, the rest of it blows. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 05 2017 at 04:56
| Meshuggah = Rhythm over Melody. I love Meshuggah !! |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: October 06 2017 at 00:11
| Strange poll. You can't have a song without a beat. On the other hand I think you can have a song without a melody. Melodies I think have been done to death in any case. I don't think it's possible to invent any new melodies. However there still new rhythms you can invent. So rhythms win. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 07 2017 at 02:30
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Rhythm and harmony equals melody. The better the melody, the better the rhythm. This may be why rap is so unpopular among certain strata of society. Often strong rhythms (vocally) determinedly eschewing melody and reducing the role of the real rhythm section. Upside down numbers... If you want the absence of any I really (this is the only circumstance this will happen) recommend Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. Can and Tortoise eh? Tortoise a very strong drummer led band but I was attracted to the rather exquisite melodies Tortoise managed. My first hearing was a bootleg from a Bonnaroo Festival. Was hooked thereafter. Can are magic. Both slightly unpredictable. |
Posted By: hieronymous
Date Posted: October 07 2017 at 14:35
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Definitely rhythm for me - I prefer instrumental music and of course melody plays a role but not the most important thing for me. Besides Can (who I love and who introduced me to motorik) I also love James Brown - funk is the African rhythm matrix with each instrument filling in different parts - Fela Kuti too - are there any prog funk bands?
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: October 07 2017 at 15:43
| Melody! |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: October 19 2017 at 08:22
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Counterpoint. OK, I voted Rhythm. My taste in jazz, classical and prog run strongly to the avant garde. Dissonant and polyrhythmic. Too pretty and it's like nails on a blackboard. I've been that way since my mother introduced me to 20th Century classical well before adolescence. Melodies and harmonies from non-Western European cultures can be appealing. Like Antonín Dvořák or Alamaailman Vasarat or the Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra. Mom also raised me on the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern et al and a melody has to be pretty damn special to meet that bar. Peter Blegvad can hit it. Leonard Cohen could. A few others.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 15 2018 at 02:06
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Very lol poll. I'm a bass player, so I'm biased toward rhythm. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |