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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Too much free time?
Date: 15 Nov 2008 17:22:44
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ikbWwQ2dI

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 15 Nov 2008 19:20:00
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ikbWwQ2dI

Very nice.  And at least I found the name of the Nokia tune composer:  Francisco
Tarrega.  Of course, it's just a melody line from some music he wrote.


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 16 Nov 2008 05:07:26
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nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ikbWwQ2dI
> 
> Very nice.  And at least I found the name of the Nokia tune composer:  Francisco
> Tarrega.  Of course, it's just a melody line from some music he wrote.

I guess they don't invent new notes any more, eh? ;-)

It just amused me that somebody would sit down to write a fugue out of 3 
notes...

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 16 Nov 2008 10:25:01
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ikbWwQ2dI
> >
> > Very nice.  And at least I found the name of the Nokia tune composer:  Francisco
> > Tarrega.  Of course, it's just a melody line from some music he wrote.
>
> I guess they don't invent new notes any more, eh? ;-)
>
> It just amused me that somebody would sit down to write a fugue out of 3
> notes...

Yes, and it's interesting to note the ladder-like pattern of the melody in the
graphics. :)

Anyway, complex fugues generally employ simple melodic patterns, then, just make
it sound in 3/4 voices at the same time, inverted, bottom-up and so forth.  One
of the most complex was written by Beethoven for the end of his Hammerklavier
piano sonata, the whole work a complete masterpiece.


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 16 Nov 2008 14:13:48
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nemesis wrote:

> Anyway, complex fugues generally employ simple melodic patterns, then, just make
> it sound in 3/4 voices at the same time, inverted, bottom-up and so forth.  One
> of the most complex was written by Beethoven for the end of his Hammerklavier
> piano sonata, the whole work a complete masterpiece.

I tent to wonder at what point this all becomes a theoretical exercise 
rather than a sound that's actually enjoyable to listen to.

Bach's Toccata and Fugue is very nice, but it's frustratingly difficult 
to play it in a way that it sounds impressive to the casual ear. If 
you're a musician learning to play it, it sounds fantastic. If you're 
just listening to it being played... the genius of it doesn't really 
come across all that much.

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 16 Nov 2008 14:19:38
Message: <4920724a$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I tent to wonder at what point this all becomes a theoretical exercise 
> rather than a sound that's actually enjoyable to listen to.

I rather think it's the other way around. It starts out as a theoretical 
exercise and the geniuses manage to make something enjoyable to listen to.

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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Too much free time?
Date: 16 Nov 2008 14:25:08
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>> I tend to wonder at what point this all becomes a theoretical exercise 
>> rather than a sound that's actually enjoyable to listen to.
> 
> I rather think it's the other way around. It starts out as a theoretical 
> exercise and the geniuses manage to make something enjoyable to listen to.

The _geniuses_ do, yes. It takes true genius to do it though.

I don't know. Some of the purportedly "genius" compositions I've heard 
orchestras play actually sounded pretty lame...

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