Looking for a term
Kevin Collins
single melodic line to imply two distinct lines, a la Bach, Charlie
Parker, or countless other Western musicians, or the practice of
creating such a line?
Someone I spoke with once used "triangulation", which sure sounded
neat but I haven't since seen any support for the use of the term.
Such lines do often tend to have either convergent or divergent
aspects to them, so in a sense I guess a kind of triangle-shape is
hinted at, but "triangulation" is a term of indirect measurement in
geometry, isn't it?
I just figured since I do it it would be handy to have a simpler label
for it than my admittedly clumsy description of it, and my research
efforts have netted me bupkis.
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Tom K.
"Kevin Collins" <kevin...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there an elegant, one- or two-word term for the characteristic of a
> single melodic line to imply two distinct lines, a la Bach, Charlie
> Parker, or countless other Western musicians, or the practice of
> creating such a line?
>
> Someone I spoke with once used "triangulation", which sure sounded
> neat but I haven't since seen any support for the use of the term.
> Such lines do often tend to have either convergent or divergent
> aspects to them, so in a sense I guess a kind of triangle-shape is
> hinted at, but "triangulation" is a term of indirect measurement in
> geometry, isn't it?
>
> I just figured since I do it it would be handy to have a simpler label
> for it than my admittedly clumsy description of it, and my research
> efforts have netted me bupkis.
>
Compound melody.
Tom K.
Steve Latham
"Kevin Collins" <kevin...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> single melodic line to imply two distinct lines, a la Bach, Charlie
> Parker, or countless other Western musicians, or the practice of
> creating such a line?
Compound Melody +1
Steve
Danny Schorr
wrote:
Is that true? I have never qualifiers such as +1.
I guess Bach's prelude in E major from the third partita would be +2,
since it suggest three separate strands?
1 ( melody) + 2 ... what? Threads?
Seems unnecessarily terminological to me.
Compound melody seems to be enough to denote what's going on.
Danny
LJS
> "Kevin Collins" <kevinat...@gmail.com> wrote in message
No, but there is one. I have also heard it in reference to some
Classical Arabic music while I lived in Morocco. I just can't think of
it now.
LJS
Steve Latham
"Danny Schorr" <.@.> wrote in message
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>
> Is that true? I have never qualifiers such as +1.
>
> I guess Bach's prelude in E major from the third partita would be +2,
> since it suggest three separate strands?
> 1 ( melody) + 2 ... what? Threads?
> Seems unnecessarily terminological to me.
> Compound melody seems to be enough to denote what's going on.
>
> Danny
"+1" is net speak for "that's another vote for..." - compound melody in this
case.
Steve
Steve Latham
"LJS" <ljsc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Yes, the term is Compound Melody.
Danny Schorr
wrote:
>
>> Danny
>
>"+1" is net speak for "that's another vote for..." - compound melody in this
>case.
>
>Steve
>
Gotcha...
D.
Tom K.
"Steve Latham" <lla...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Steve, from what I've observed, the confusion might have been avoided by
quoting the post which said "compound melody" and then simply saying +1 in
your post.
But then again, this is RMT & without some "confusement" (Prof. Longhair's
wonderful term), where would we be?
Tom K.
Danny Schorr
wrote:
I didn't grok that he was "upmodding" your post.
Ok - so, Reddit style comments have made their way to RMT.
Ain't no big deal.
<yawn>
Carry on.
D.
Alain Naigeon
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>
> "Steve Latham" <lla...@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:h0%Uj.1720$5Y1.120@trnddc04...
>>
>> "Danny Schorr" <.@.> wrote in message
>> news:kbd7241s8dkq2u92v...@4ax.com...
>>
>>>
>>> Is that true? I have never qualifiers such as +1.
>>>
>>> I guess Bach's prelude in E major from the third partita would be +2,
>>> since it suggest three separate strands?
>>> 1 ( melody) + 2 ... what? Threads?
>>> Seems unnecessarily terminological to me.
>>> Compound melody seems to be enough to denote what's going on.
>>>
>>> Danny
>>
>> "+1" is net speak for "that's another vote for..." - compound melody in
>> this case.
>>
>
> Steve, from what I've observed, the confusion might have been avoided by
> quoting the post which said "compound melody" and then simply saying +1 in
> your post.
+1 [ !! :-) ]
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Danny Schorr
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>"Tom K." <tko...@spamspamcomcast.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>
>> "Steve Latham" <lla...@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:h0%Uj.1720$5Y1.120@trnddc04...
>>>
>>> "Danny Schorr" <.@.> wrote in message
>>> news:kbd7241s8dkq2u92v...@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is that true? I have never qualifiers such as +1.
>>>>
>>>> I guess Bach's prelude in E major from the third partita would be +2,
>>>> since it suggest three separate strands?
>>>> 1 ( melody) + 2 ... what? Threads?
>>>> Seems unnecessarily terminological to me.
>>>> Compound melody seems to be enough to denote what's going on.
>>>>
>>>> Danny
>>>
>>> "+1" is net speak for "that's another vote for..." - compound melody in
>>> this case.
>>>
>>
>> Steve, from what I've observed, the confusion might have been avoided by
>> quoting the post which said "compound melody" and then simply saying +1 in
>> your post.
>
>+1 [ !! :-) ]
-1
Kevin Collins
> "Steve Latham" <llat...@verizon.net> wrote in message
So the proper term is "Compound Melody For the Win LOL", then. The
internet comes through for me again!
-Kevin
Steve Latham
"Danny Schorr" <.@.> wrote in message
>
> -1
>
Damn, you beat me to it.
Steve