12EDO "Common Practice" Tonality vs the Beach Boys:

To me, what constitutes 12EDO "common practice" tonality
depends on my earliest listening experiences and musical
conditioning, which in my case consisted of primarily of
Beach Boys singles/albums from about 1964 to 1966 (Pet Sounds).

About my only exposure to "classical" music at that time was
my mother's playing of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and
Richard Rogers' Slaughter On Tenth Avenue.

The specific pop/rock singles that got me interested in music
were the Harry James version of Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom
Whit (1950s), which inspired me to study trumpet for a year in order
to be able to play that specific song, and Elvis Presley's Hound
Dog (1956, I believe).

What can the purpose of any pseudo-universal musical "canon" be
other than to try and obliterate your musical individuality and
turn you into a musical-consumer android? :)

Bill Flavell

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Flavell" <bill_flavell@e...> wrote:

> What can the purpose of any pseudo-universal musical "canon" be
> other than to try and obliterate your musical individuality and
> turn you into a musical-consumer android? :)

Education is good for you.