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On 07/26/2012 10:50 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:

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> I found this passage interesting:

>

> /What has changed is how the chords are spliced into melodies. In the

> 1950s many of the less common chords would chime close to one another in

> the melodic progression. More recently, they have tended to be separated

> by the more pedestrian chords, leading to a loss of some of the more

> unusual transitions. Timbre, lent by instrument types and recording

> techniques, similarly shows signs of narrowing, after peaking in the

> mid-60s, a phenomenon Dr Serrà attributes to experimentation with

> electric-guitar sounds by Jimi Hendrix and the like./

>

> I believe that pop music today is very much influenced by guitar music

> and guitar thinking.

I believe that pop music today (and yesterday and earlier than that) is

most often influenced by the desperate need to sound like other pop music.
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David

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