[tuning] Music Theory How to keep discussions, furthermore this chord

--- On Sat, 6/7/08, Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...> wrote:

> From: Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...>
> Subject: [tuning] Music Theory (was Re: How to keep discussions on-
> Furthermore, this chord:
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> D F A d' f#'
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> -Mike

(of course jazz theory "sucks"--its purpose is simply to enable communication between musicians who share a common practice. It's a communicative, not an explanatory or generative kind of theory...)

this chord: > D F A d' f#

the lower the original D, the more of a root it is...
high enough, and the root here is Bb, (A is 15) and F# is perhaps 25

or if the lowest D is high enough, the root could be G, and then F approximates 7 and f#' approximates 15

or it's just a good old sweet-and-sour major-minor third 014-ish thingy, ala Stravinsky. Don't play this in a jazz session. Assert frequently, and it will sound right.

There are limits to how low a root can be--I'd put the limit around 16 hz--the approximate "flicker fusion" threshold.

I'm all for multipersectivismthingamajigglism, but when I read "quantum" I reach for the little button that gets me to the next post...I've never regretted this, but maybe someone will find some connection between things quantum and music theory.