**Music of the Punjabi-, Hindi-, Sindhi-, and Urdu->speaking cultures.
>It is really quite varied in several ways although harmony >is not
>one of them. I am not familiar with Aboes, Indonesian, >etc.
>You can go out of your gourd listening to sitar music :).
Not to mention that Mathias falls asleep listening to overspun bass
strings!
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
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To: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lutelist"
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology
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> From: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology
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> > ++In Western music, the emphasis is on harmonic development,
>
> that has been so from, say, 1600 to 1900. Before that, emphasis was on
> horizontal moves.
>
> **I also count counterpoint in harmonic development. (No pun intended
> yet.) Prior to 1600 and also after it Western music had lots of that.
> Melodic development is very evident in Indain Ragas that typically
> don't have many (if any) harmonic changes.
>
> And 20th century witnessed the development of serial
> music and its further branches in Europe and the Americas.
>
> > but in Eastern music the emphasis is on melodic development.
>
> with Eastern more specifically being what? Arabic? Iranian? Ucrainian?
> Siberian? Chinese (in general)? Indonesian? Australian (Aboes)?
> Japonese? To name just a few...
>
> **Music of the Punjabi-, Hindi-, Sindhi-, and Urdu-speaking cultures.
> It is really quite varied in several ways although harmony is not
> one of them. I am not familiar with Aboes, Indonesian, etc.
> You can go out of your gourd listening to sitar music :).
>
> Regards,
>
> Mathias
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