From: Torsten Anders ()
Date: May 14, 2008
Subject:
Re: Cognitive Daily - major vs minor
On May 14, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Peter Castine wrote:
> On 14-May-2008, at 17:09, Nye Parry wrote:
>
>> absolutely! all very silly
>
> But Plato affirms that Mixolydian will make men sad and grave,
> whereas Dorian will inspire enthusiasm. Phrygian, IMS, was sensuous.
>
> Who am I to argue with the author of The Republic?
:) don't forget that the Greek modes and the medieval modes which
share the same names actually differ For example, the Greek Dorian
mode is "based on the Dorian tetrachord: descending, a series of
falling intervals of two whole tones followed by a semitone": E F G A
| B C D E (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_mode).
Best
Torsten
> The survey in Cognitive Daily is unfortunately Euro-centric,
> ignoring rÄga and other emotionally charged pitch-class sets, never
> mind the effects of tempo, instrumentation, style, delivery, and
> everything else. Of course the survey is fatally flawed from a
> musical perspective. Nevertheless, the loci of neural activity make
> an interesting phenomenon.
>
>
>
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