Two questions about music.

[milkman41]

Which is more interesting - music that is never in 4/4, instead relying on polyrhythms and crazy time signatures, or music thats in 4/4 and only in strict quarter notes?

Also, which is more interesting - music that is atonal, and therefore possibly without harmony, or music that is limited to say 5 notes, like a minor/major pentatonic?

Comments

[dj_bonzai]

well any short of chaos from the norm is always nice, but I guess theres some comfort in 4/4. You can always listen to 4/4, whereas sometimes, crazy time signatures that keep changing sometimes get a little much to hear.
I'm undecided about the atonal or petatonic, they both have their pros and cons.

[brasilmania]

well any short of chaos from the norm is always nice, but I guess theres some comfort in 4/4. You can always listen to 4/4, whereas sometimes, crazy time signatures that keep changing sometimes get a little much to hear.

I was trying to find a way to say just that but I couldn't. I totally agree!

[dj_bonzai]

haha, well you're welcome then, I guess i'm glad I could help you find your words, haha

[milkman41]

and the tonality question?

[milkman41]

yeah, but Im saying not only is it in 4/4, but its also always always in quarter notes, nothign else. basically the argument boils down to I guess more avant-garde stuff or minimalism, which is also avant-garde, but you get the point

[dj_bonzai]

I do get the point, but I don't know, I can't decide between what I like more because I can like just about anything and don't really have a preference. Each time sig. has its own nice sound and its own bad sound. It all depends on how its used.

[milkman41]

its so hard to choose one over the other, which is why I amnt.

[dj_bonzai]

it is a very though decision indeed. hmmm

[milkman41]

very THOUGH decision indeed. I love House and Foreman and Chase and Cameron. But Cameron is mine.

[dj_bonzai]

i love them all too, and we'll see about Cameron

[milkman41]

no fuck you, although with Dr. Beat being an overreacting wench, you might have a shot. but I'll cut my hair for cameron.

[dj_bonzai]

you said that you'd do that for someone else too....lol