Re: music theory and difficult transitions.
Robert Morris (winboog@gis.net)
Thu, 08 Apr 1999 01:12:47 -0400
>I don't know if there are any music theory people out there. But if so you
>probably know that though much of Kurt Cobain's music uses only 8 or 9
chords
>he wrote with melodic quality unlike much of todays and yesterdays more
>complex musical compositions. He moved somehow smoothly from two chord
major
>versus to a string of seemingly unrelated flats and sharps with great ease
>and fluidity. So maybe you think you could make that music, but the odds
of
>it are incredibly slim.
>
Please!! Do not try to make a case for Cobain's harmonic invention. Next
you'll be posting something about Woody Guthrie having the compositional
talent of George Gershwin. This case you make above is completely inane and
ridiculous.
Robert Morris
winboog@gis.net
now playing-Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska