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excellent
thanks
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perry


On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:

> Gert van Santen wrote:
>> Tony Hardie-Bick schreef:
>>> Perry -
>>>
>>> I think this is for you:
>>>
>>> http://www.khaldea.com/rudhyar/mt/
>>>
>>> Just got myself a printed copy so I can read it properly.
>>
>> Looks interesting.
>>
>> Could you or Perry (when you have read it, if you read it), post
>> some sort of mini summary in 5 lines to the bar?
>
> Executive summary:
>
> Music, as we understand the word, is an evolved form of  
> communication. It is
> still evolving, and has evolved from something somewhat different. One
> particular example of change is the movement from absolute pitch  
> having meaning,
> to a music where the relative pitch is more meaningful. Equal  
> temperament tuning
> is an obvious example of this. How is it that music was once so  
> different, and
> how does it's character today, provide a mirror of our lives, in a  
> way which can
> illuminate and inspire us as evolution moves forward. What role does  
> music play
> in human consciousness.
>
> The author was a source of inspiration to the American minimalist  
> movement -
> Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Philip glass, and many others whose  
> names are less
> known but who laid the foundations of a simplification of musical  
> language (even
> if its repetition sometimes evolved in what initially appear to be  
> complex
> forms, like the polyrhythms favoured by Philip Glass).
>
> So, the thinking in this book, represents a key grounding for what  
> went on to
> become minimalism, ambient and trance music, and helps us to  
> understand more
> clearly, what is an obvious intuitive link between modern musical  
> forms and
> their possible ancient ancestors, and serves as a source of  
> inspiration, as it
> underlies the psychoactive role that music plays, as a culture  
> transforms itself
> and becomes psychically fit to employ its technological abilities in  
> a balanced
> and healthy way.
>
> In other words, important for space travel.
>
> Tony (HB)
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