[Harp-L] Note as colors

[Rich Machiz <Richmachiz@xxxxxxx>]

Great discussion. IMO all of you are right. To paraphrase a learned  
discussion in Fiddler on the Roof .  I asked a friend about this  
thread and he said everyone was right. I said they can't  all be  
right, He replied "You're right." So here is my two cents worth. If  
you play G against a C major chord you are playing the fifth scale  
degree. If you play G against a G major chord you are playing the  
root. The musical and emotional effect will be quite different. Notes  
do matter, but they are not right or wrong depending on context. If  
you are reaching your audience emotionally you are doing something  
right no matter how many arguments prove you are wrong. Consequently,  
everyone is right. But that can't be you say. Well, you're right.

I heard this story many years ago and I don't know if it's really  
true. A visiting Chinese dignitary shared the reviewing stand with an  
Army general as the band played a stirring military march as the  
troops passed in review. The General turned to the Chinese official  
and asked his opinion of the event. The dgnitary said he enjoyed it  
very much but thought the music was quite erotic. He was right also.

Rich Machiz