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In Reply to: RE: Yes and No posted by Amphissa on March 11, 2011 at 12:58:12

Heh. I love it. Very well put; very clearly explained. I agree with what you say. I'd go even further. Look at what the most popular music form is. In pop music, and style of it, but especially that which is absolutely dominant now - rap & techno - the very simplest imaginable harmony prevails. Rap has even taken this trend to it's logical conclusion by eliminating melody [or at least comletely marginalizing it] altogether, while techno produces one or two simple chords over a single [!!!] bass note [it's true - they synth generate a thundering bass tone, and just make it pulse - that's the beat. And it's one, single bass note through out the length of a techno "song"].

Does any of that sound like dissonant, complex harmony, etc. etc. etc.?
No - it's the opposite. It's the complete opposite. And, even among pop/rock listeners, there's a huge hatred for even mildly complex rock. Except for a tiny minority, ask someone what they think of so-called progressive rock, and they'll respond with contempt.

So, what you say is completely true:

"Most people just aren't interested in listening analytically. They want to listen emotionally. And for most, that means melody, atonality with very limited tolerance for abrasive dissonance, and structural coherence."

And, that's why I think all of the people in the classical world who still cling to the now outmoded and by now old fashioned, old hat 20th century "modernism" [good riddance] are completely out of touch with reality.

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