http://www.yourforte.net/tonality.html Anything to do with music Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.yourforte.net/tonality.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 Elaine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:15:48 +0000 http://www.yourforte.net/?p=224#comment-53 I think for 'art' music the age of functional harmony has well and truly passed. But I think composers are starting to find their way back to the triad. It seems random to use a system of 12 notes, which clearly arose out harmonic properties of tones (that is, the harmonic series), to write atonal music. I find one of the few contemporary composers who really moves my soul is Arvo Pärt. His music shows us - again - the beauty of the triad. I think for ‘art’ music the age of functional harmony has well and truly passed. But I think composers are starting to find their way back to the triad. It seems random to use a system of 12 notes, which clearly arose out harmonic properties of tones (that is, the harmonic series), to write atonal music. I find one of the few contemporary composers who really moves my soul is Arvo Pärt. His music shows us – again – the beauty of the triad.

]]> http://www.yourforte.net/tonality.html/comment-page-1#comment-26 Philmus Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:44:03 +0000 http://www.yourforte.net/?p=224#comment-26 At the risk of sounding facetious, music will evolve in its own way. At the risk of sounding facetious, music will evolve in its own way.

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