Comments on: music in my life http://eldiario.chodura.com/2007/06/music-in-my-life/ nobody expects the spanish inquisiton! Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jirka http://eldiario.chodura.com/2007/06/music-in-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Jirka Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:27:13 +0000 http://eldiario.chodura.com/?p=70#comment-114 yep, I can only agree:) yep, I can only agree:)

]]> By: admin http://eldiario.chodura.com/2007/06/music-in-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-113 admin Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:00:44 +0000 http://eldiario.chodura.com/?p=70#comment-113 My opinion is that once a good song is created, you hardly create a better song if you add drums or any other instruments only because it fits your favorite style afterwards. And yes, you understood my opinion slightly wrong, I wanted to stress out that classical music covers all parameters that you mentioned about "a well-written song" (melody, rhythm etc.), it has been created a long long time ago and still people listen to it. That makes me think about it as a really proven piece of art. My opinion is that once a good song is created, you hardly create a better song if you add drums or any other instruments only because it fits your favorite style afterwards.
And yes, you understood my opinion slightly wrong, I wanted to stress out that classical music covers all parameters that you mentioned about “a well-written song” (melody, rhythm etc.), it has been created a long long time ago and still people listen to it. That makes me think about it as a really proven piece of art.

]]> By: Jirka http://eldiario.chodura.com/2007/06/music-in-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Jirka Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:09:37 +0000 http://eldiario.chodura.com/?p=70#comment-112 Thanks for your reflection! I have not mentioned it in my article, but I also like classic music. Anyway my most favourite genre (progressive rock) has significant part of its roots in the classics. And about the quarrels: I think the real question is not, which style is better (there is something about each style, of course), but mainly what can we actually consider a real musical style. So if we simplify the pop songs to the most extreme level, cut off anything that might sound interesting, is that a new style? And if we adopt a well known song and just add the techno rhytm, is that a new style? I dont think so, in my opinion it is just a rubbish form of something that already exists. Maybe I misunderstood what you have written, but it seems to me that you are pointing out that classic music is also not very aligned with the elements that I have mentioned (melody etc.) Actually I think that classic music demonstrates these like no other. And anyway, the most important thing in music in my opinion is some musical idea, and these terms or elements of music are just an attempt to break down these ideas. So sometimes this idea is a melody, sometimes it is some rhytmical structure, sometimes it is the progression of dynamics, but anyway these are the things that make music interesting. And classic music as well as progressive rock is very rich of such ideas. Thanks for your reflection! I have not mentioned it in my article, but I also like classic music. Anyway my most favourite genre (progressive rock) has significant part of its roots in the classics.
And about the quarrels: I think the real question is not, which style is better (there is something about each style, of course), but mainly what can we actually consider a real musical style. So if we simplify the pop songs to the most extreme level, cut off anything that might sound interesting, is that a new style? And if we adopt a well known song and just add the techno rhytm, is that a new style? I dont think so, in my opinion it is just a rubbish form of something that already exists.

Maybe I misunderstood what you have written, but it seems to me that you are pointing out that classic music is also not very aligned with the elements that I have mentioned (melody etc.) Actually I think that classic music demonstrates these like no other. And anyway, the most important thing in music in my opinion is some musical idea, and these terms or elements of music are just an attempt to break down these ideas. So sometimes this idea is a melody, sometimes it is some rhytmical structure, sometimes it is the progression of dynamics, but anyway these are the things that make music interesting. And classic music as well as progressive rock is very rich of such ideas.

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