Re: Chaos

(hmmm... just realized that 'chaotic harmony' is an oxymoron.
interesting...)

is it?
Chaos is "randomness", or "complex", or "sensitive dependence on initial conditions" Harmony can be unpredictable or "random", and still be harmony.
But then again, I define harmony as more than one not playing together... whether it's consonant or dissonant is something different. ;)

Musick, Magick, and Mo'f'ck
Alex J. "Azi Vajravai" Van Wey
http://members.xoom.com/Azi_Vajravai

[Alex van Wey, TD 177.5]
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> [me, monz]
>> (hmmm... just realized that 'chaotic harmony' is an oxymoron.
>> interesting...)
>
>[Alex]
> is it?
> Chaos is "randomness", or "complex", or "sensitive dependence
> on initial conditions" Harmony can be unpredictable or "random",
> and still be harmony. But then again, I define harmony as more
> than one not playing together... whether it's consonant or
> dissonant is something different. ;)

I was thinking of the broad, not-necessarily-musical definition
of harmony, as 'the blending of disparate elements into a
co-existential agreement'.

In this sense, it is exactly the opposite of chaos.

Of course, its application to music stems from this more general
meaning. That's exactly why the study of music was so important
to the ancient Greeks: '_harmonia_' taught them very important
concepts and techniques concerning the world around them and the
universe at large.

-monz

Joseph L. Monzo monz@juno.com
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/homepage.html
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