Comments on: How Music Works http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: * (asterisk) http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3411 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3411 Is that me, Ed R? Is that me, Ed R?

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3379 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3379 Oh great, there's punctuation that's got more interpretive intuition than I do! Oh great, there’s punctuation that’s got more interpretive intuition than I do!

]]> by: * (asterisk) http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3361 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:59:07 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3361 Cliff, I'm afraid I didn't catch all five. Now I feel like a numbskull for even having brought up the subject. Grrr. Cliff, I’m afraid I didn’t catch all five. Now I feel like a numbskull for even having brought up the subject. Grrr.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3332 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3332 Levels? THere's more than one 'level' to this post? Someone clue me in. Does Dirty Harry count as a level? Levels? THere’s more than one ‘level’ to this post? Someone clue me in. Does Dirty Harry count as a level?

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3329 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:47:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3329 Loved the show, thanks for the recommendation. I don't qualify as a music snob yet, since I had to record How Music Works because it clashed with the X Factor restults - complete with blatant use of key change/performer standing up and walking towards audience. Loved the show, thanks for the recommendation. I don’t qualify as a music snob yet, since I had to record How Music Works because it clashed with the X Factor restults - complete with blatant use of key change/performer standing up and walking towards audience.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3327 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:22:39 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3327 * - There are actually five levels to this post. Did you spot them all? Mike - The programme is astounding. Many a holy crap moment. Like the chords at the beginning of Purple Haze that you never thought about. Or sustained chords, or the syncopation in Stevie Wonder's voice. Felix Mendelssohn said: "It is not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise." This show comes very close to doing it. * - There are actually five levels to this post. Did you spot them all?

Mike - The programme is astounding. Many a holy crap moment. Like the chords at the beginning of Purple Haze that you never thought about. Or sustained chords, or the syncopation in Stevie Wonder’s voice.

Felix Mendelssohn said: “It is not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise.” This show comes very close to doing it.

]]> by: mike http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3326 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:07:26 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3326 We're a couple of weeks behind, so we only watched the programme on rhythm last night. To be honest, I think it has already altered the way I listen to music. We’re a couple of weeks behind, so we only watched the programme on rhythm last night. To be honest, I think it has already altered the way I listen to music.

]]> by: * (asterisk) http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3325 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:38:09 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/05/how-music-works/#comment-3325 Of course, I'm a stickler for apostrophes, and I also like music, so this post worked on so many levels for me. I even like the missing "to" in the fourth para, which you must've omitted to trick us. You, sir, are a wag and a scoundrel. And no, I can't imagine music without minor chords. In the same way that I can't imagine music without a key change where the performer suddenly has to stand up and walk towards the audience. That is to say, I think both are overused in an attempt to evoke an emotional response that would otherwise be fruitless due to the inane nature of what passes for music (and, more importantly, lyrical content) these days. Of course, I’m a stickler for apostrophes, and I also like music, so this post worked on so many levels for me. I even like the missing “to” in the fourth para, which you must’ve omitted to trick us. You, sir, are a wag and a scoundrel.

And no, I can’t imagine music without minor chords. In the same way that I can’t imagine music without a key change where the performer suddenly has to stand up and walk towards the audience. That is to say, I think both are overused in an attempt to evoke an emotional response that would otherwise be fruitless due to the inane nature of what passes for music (and, more importantly, lyrical content) these days.

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