All I have to say is...Merle Hazard's Gimme Some of That Ol' Atonal Music is really the best thing that ever came from atonality. I would argue that evolution in music is essentially destructive. They abandoned counterpoint almost entirely because it boxed you into a corner where you have to compete with Bach. They abandoned the structures of classical to get away from Mozart, etc etc. Creativity requires space, and getting restricted to the same rules your predecessors followed means you'll be making their music all over again. With the rise of expressionism in art, some world wars, and trying to get away from the most insanely high level execution in music, I could see how we got to 12 tone rows. As for people who like it? Masochists. I can pretend I like Free Jazz for about 3 minutes and that's my limit. That said, I was reading CPE Bach's book the other day, and he was casually introducing 3/4 chords. We would never be able to deal with that today. Maybe all harmony is a big lie. Actually pretty cool piece at the end! And Van Halen for the jump!
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"He might judge you" gave me a good chuckle. Really nice composition.
Haha awesome. I’m glad someone caught it. Thanks for the nice words and thanks for watching!
Wonderful Ryan. Got me disappearing down the rabbit hole .... Thanks.
Thanks for watching! It’s a fun rabbit hole.
Interesting and I liked your composition at the end; will have a go...
Thanks! Have fun. It can get pretty interesting.
All I have to say is...Merle Hazard's Gimme Some of That Ol' Atonal Music is really the best thing that ever came from atonality.
I would argue that evolution in music is essentially destructive. They abandoned counterpoint almost entirely because it boxed you into a corner where you have to compete with Bach. They abandoned the structures of classical to get away from Mozart, etc etc. Creativity requires space, and getting restricted to the same rules your predecessors followed means you'll be making their music all over again. With the rise of expressionism in art, some world wars, and trying to get away from the most insanely high level execution in music, I could see how we got to 12 tone rows. As for people who like it? Masochists. I can pretend I like Free Jazz for about 3 minutes and that's my limit.
That said, I was reading CPE Bach's book the other day, and he was casually introducing 3/4 chords. We would never be able to deal with that today. Maybe all harmony is a big lie.
Actually pretty cool piece at the end! And Van Halen for the jump!
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