Re: [microsound] tools-mediums-questions++ - was: Re: [microsound] Csound/DirectCSound/PD

[Michal Seta <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/19/01 11:35 AM, Jeremy Markowitz @ jeremymarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On the most primal level, the sound
> is evocative of a human or animal cry.  It reflects
> the process of finding a pitch without the use of
> culturally demarcated stopping points and the resonant
> effects of altering string tensions.  Contextually,
> the product is then historically derivative of music
> called "the blues."  Can blues music be made with the
> same process of pitch bending, or does it require a
> guitar?

hmm...  it's funny how academia can distort the reality/history.  One of my
Jazz instructors kept playing us recordings or Thelonius Monk as great blues
examples...  He did not bend any strings...  I hope he's not considered for
"inventing" triton.  I was also taught that blues is characterized by its
form and the use of pentatonic scale with "blue" notes, not the bending.  Oh
well, I'll shut up now.

../MiS