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Re: why is the major scale constructed like it is? August 18, 2013 11:13PM |
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The purpose of counterpoint (from which that style of writing evolved) was to maintain the independence of the voices. When you use parallel intervals of any type for too long, one voice becomes dependent on the other - it gets "subsumed" into it. This is especially true of 5ths, and even more so for Octaves (and obviously, unisons!).
In essence, nothing destroys independence of the voices like parallel 8ves or 5ths.
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However, many people find DaVinci's work to be too "academic" - in much the same way as people see Bach's music. Although it's a Romantic ideal, people tend - still - to favor more "emotion" in their art. La Giaconda's appeal seems to be less about it's *supposed* architectural positioning and more about the "enigmatic smile" which has nothing to do (that I've ever heard) with any scientific or physical elements - it's purely the emotional aspect of that smile which "connects" with people.
There is plenty of music out there written *very specifically* using acoustical principles in a far more obvious manner than other styles of music. It just does not connect with people in any significant way that would lead one to believe that what little intentional acoustic elements included in more popular music have any impact on a listener - it's ultimately leaning towards the "art" side.
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Re: why is the major scale constructed like it is? August 19, 2013 12:04AM |
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No one in any other field tries to explain stylistic choices "scientifically" (well, OK, some do, but...). I've never seen it to any degree compared to what happens with music. As I said, even in the visual arts no one's sitting around trying to say that the wavelengths of colors have anything to do with choice of and combination of colors in a painting. Why do musicians have this pre-occupation with trying to explain "why" with acoustic principles that have no actual bearing on the choices being made. It's silly.
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HARMONIC - FRET - FREQUENCY - NEAREST NOTE - cents away from ET 1st 0 110 Hz A 2nd 12 220 Hz A 3rd 7, 19 330 Hz E (329.6) 2 cents sharp 4th 5, 24 440 Hz A 5th 4, 9, 16 550 Hz C# (554.0) 14 cents flat 6th 3 660 Hz E (659.2) 2 cents sharp 7th 2.7, 9.7, 14.5 770 Hz G (784.0) 32 cents flat 8th 2.3 880 Hz A (880) 9th 2 990 Hz B (987.8) 4 cents sharp 10th 1.8 1100 Hz C# (1108) 14 cents flat 11th 1210 Hz D# (1244.5) 49 cents flat 12th 1320 Hz E (1318.5) 2 cents sharp 13th 1430 Hz F (1396.9) 40 cents sharp 14th 1540 Hz G (1568.0) 32 cents flat 15th 1650 Hz G# (1661.2) 12 cents flat 16th 1760 Hz A (1760) 17th 1870 Hz Bb (1864.7) 5 cents sharp 18th 1980 Hz B (1975.5) 4 cents sharp 19th 2090 Hz C (2093.0) 3 cents flatIgnore the second column, only of interest to guitarists!
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