Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:42 amOnly within a particular culture, though. One man’s “happy” is another man’s “awkward.” The jump between a flat 2 and a natural 3 in most contexts annoys me to no end, for example. For many cultures, however, it’s as natural and happy-sounding as the ii-V-I turnaround is for us. Besides, not all cultures use the same 12-TET scale or naturally start to tap their foot to a 4/4 beat.Hikaru wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:17 am Sound itself conveys a mood. If you pay attention to it, you will see (hear) that, before there is even a melody or a sense of progression, even the simplest case of having a continuously playing 'sound' of 2~3 notes put together might sound happy, or sad, or scary/awkward/menacing. Or something else entirely.
I'm pretty sure every culture have their notions of 'happy', 'awkward' and everything else in between. You're arguing with something that wasn't in my post.
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:42 am I never argued against having both. I, myself, have both. That was not, however, what Dave was asking. He just didn’t know where to start and was (probably) having reservations about it because he’d thought “you must know chords and stuff” in order to do music. I offered encouragement by stating that the knowledge of music theory is most certainly not a must.
My point was that it is a more productive approach to try and get the best of both worlds rather than simply hitting random keys and seeing what happens (nothing wrong with that in itself), as well as the fact that it most certainly won't bite even if you try.
- You seem familiar with the concepts yourself, too. Idk really.
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:42 amAs someone who’s taught music for a few decades, I can assure you, it’s all in the eye of the beholder.
“I hear that beat, I jump out of my seat, but I can’t compete . . .”
Now that is just 3deep5me good sir.