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On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 14:10 +0200, Funs Seelen wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf

>  wrote:

> > On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 13:15 +0200, Funs Seelen wrote:

> >> The word "circle" suggests the B# and C

> >> to be equal.

> >

> > Well, draw a circle with a pair of compasses and than take a look how

> > circular it is, watching it by a SEM.

> >

>

> Well, what I meant is that it is more like an endless rope that has

> endless overlaps, an endless spiral. How tight it is, or better, where

> the overlaps are located exactly depends on the temperament. You could

> see it as a circle when a piano with 12 keys or a guitar with 12 frets

> per octave is your only reference.

Hehe, I'm a guitarist. How many guitars do you know that are completely

clean to the octave, 0 and 12 fret, while the temperament is as wanted

for anything between fret 0 and 12?
> > While I'm aware that my statements against theory are stupid, there's a

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> > funny side that ships with theory.

> >

>

> I understand, but I feel the need to emphasize the value of music

> theory when people are quoting something like music is just about

> expressing emotion and theory is useless or unnecessary, because I

> think that expressing yourself by using a system without having any

> knowledge of that system doesn't make much sense. Then why use a

> system anyway?

Apologize!
> > I bet we easily could jam without playing bad notes
Aaaargh! I had a Déjà-vu and I don't like to get this feeling :S.
>  and without sharing

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> > any information about notes and harmony before doing this, just because

> > of our experiences.

>

> Yes, I did this for several years, but understanding the theory behind

> it opened my eyes.

It could be a help, I agree, while I don't have much knowledge myself.
> > But if we would talk about harmonies, we might

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> > understand what the tonic is, but in the end we would sound like idiots

> > treated by Orff music therapy, or we will metamorphose to

> > http://www.seknews.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/lehrer-lions.jpg

> >

>

> Where did you get my family picture? :p

Sorry, here in the madhouse we only have limited access to the Internet,

we're only allowed to face people with similar handicaps :p as we've

got.
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