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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Is the Sentry Truly a Musician?

 Ian and I were arguing about whether a fugue completely devoid of musical notes could nevertheless count as music, by virtue of the rhythmic patterns that it employs.  I was in the "pro-music" camp:


Me:  It is music!  It employs sound to create an effect.


Ian:  But if I blow a horn and it wakes you up, I have also employed sound to create an effect...


(July 10, 2021)

1 Comments:

At 5:46 PM, Blogger Bostonian said...

I did (post a comment, long-winded one), as this is fascinating. But something ate it (something to do with having to comment as a Google account (below). One day soon will return for another try.

 

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