So does "non-Western" include Appalachian fiddle tunes (often not tonal) and Carter family songs (whose guitars tonalized entire tradtions)? (Sorry, but as a new Carolinian I couldn't resist.)
Aaron J. Rabushka who has always been thankful for the liberating influence of Indian classical [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960) > At 10:46 PM 5/25/2007, Andrew Stiller wrote: > > >And another thing: non-tonal and atonal are not synonyms. Most music, > >in fact, is non-tonal: Medieval and Renaissance music, non-Western > >music (all of it), rock music... > > Rock music is non-tonal? That's news to me. Doesn't it do 1-4-5-1? > > >Being charitable, I assume your > >blanket condemnation does not extend to any of these musics. > > All non-Western music is on my list of "unlistenable". > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
