In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Owain Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> Owain, >> >> It's a different theoretical model. Of course it's "wrong" according to >> the standard theoretical model -- it's an alternative theory of >> tonality, modality, harmony, etc. If it didn't reject the norms of the >> standard model it wouldn't be an alternative theory, would it? >> > >Sure it's wrong, but only as wrong as the claims that western tonality >is some inherent product of the overtone series. > >They're *all* abstract. How we *interpret* various musics is the >important difference. A logical positivist would say not that it is "wrong" but that it is "meaningless" or devoid of content: there is no way you could disprove it. Of course, he would say the same of the standard theory. -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
