Ethnomusicology

[Monte Davis]

"Good blues or bad blues? Or just dues?"

I have no idea where or how I'll ever use this, but I'm *so* stealing it.
Brilliant!

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It would be interesting if the effects of degrees of "out-of-tuneness"
> could be measured. Has this been done? How blue is the blues, and who is
> the bluesiest? Good blues or bad blues? Or just dues?
>
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> Www.innergroovemusic.com <http://www.innergroovemusic.com>
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> On Nov 5, 2015, at 8:24 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Check out Ornette Coleman!
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>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com <http://www.innergroovemusic.com>
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> On Nov 5, 2015, at 8:06 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thinkl of the collision of Celtic and African folk music in the Southern
> U.S.. Two modal, outsider music traditions that seemed to blend naturally
> even though the two cultures had been geographically separated for
> centuries.
>
> Irish Traditional acquired the banjo.
>
> The rest of us got Rock 'n' Roll.
>
> Then, a bunch of blue-collar British kids took to it like ducks to water.
> There must be something in those flatted thirds and sevenths that says
> "Stick it to the man."
>
>
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> As a musician, this is an interesting topic. I think most musicians, and
>> maybe I would qualify that by saying improvising musicians, jazz musicians,
>> those who incorporate different "styles", already know this instinctively.
>> Of course, as in anything, different styles and systems appear over time,
>> but these seem to be  "intellectual" developments, as opposed to what I
>> would call folk or traditional source material. Sort of like a classical
>> composer taking folk songs and making a symphony from them. Another
>> approach might be the elaborate system of Indian classical music, where
>> everything is very strictly dictated, while at the same time allowing for a
>> certain amount of improvisation and personal interpretation.
>>
>> A few years ago, I was clicking through the channels, and came across the
>> close of a PBS show about China. The last scene was of this old guy sitting
>> on a chair on the burm between the rice paddies, playing a triangular
>> shaped guitar type instrument and singing. Suddenly, I got a shock when I
>> realized the guy was singing the blues! The Chinese blues...it's universal.
>>
>> I haven't finished the whole article, but I will. Mr. Witzel's book
>> mentioned in the article looks very interesting, as well.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing this.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:12 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> http://thesmartset.com/face-the-music/
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>> --
>> www.innergroovemusic.com
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