tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2666782642766805731..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Pre-Literate, Literate and Post-Literate MusicBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-31823490932100277492019-07-12T08:10:03.917-05:002019-07-12T08:10:03.917-05:00Oh yes, quite true. Two thoughts: with programs li...Oh yes, quite true. Two thoughts: with programs like GarageBand, the creation of music in the studio is greatly facilitated, but, like notation, the program itself restricts and channels the musical idea. With notation, especially if you go back to pencil and paper, you can modify the notation any way you want, so it need not be a restriction. With music writing software, however, you spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to eliminate or work around the defaults!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-67559807676303186972019-07-11T21:48:07.089-05:002019-07-11T21:48:07.089-05:00This is a very difficult subject as to the worth ...This is a very difficult subject as to the worth of literacy either with writing or music notation for artistic achievement or even complexity. To take poetry the most complex and generally considered greatest poetry is by Homer, the Beowulf Poet and perhaps some other oral epic poets. Music is not isomorphic with language obviously and the principal problem is remembering its complexity with multiple players. So most non notated music is repetitive or otherwise simpler; anything complex such as Indian classical music requires years of study. But as you note the recording tape allows a complex musical work to almost be built up successively and through structured trial and error. The problem with this non notation approach is of course the time and expense. But the problem with notation is that it tends to constrict the kinds of music one creates. The notation becomes the master.Maurynoreply@blogger.com