Graalsword
Jedi Council Member
Some months ago, I was discussing with a friend (both of us musicians, He plays electric bass guitar, I play piano and sing(and both of us songwriters)) about keys, harmonies, and why there are some combination of keys and harmonies that are more used and more liked by people.
He said that he thought that people are used to listening to certain combinations, and that that was the reason why major and minor chords were more common, and that maybe thousands of years ago it was different, and that some chords seem more nice or more suitable to be used as main chords just because of people getting used to it through the ages, or through the fashion of the times.(or even imposed)
Then my idea, was that, though, he may be right to some extent, one can objectively perceive more harmony in certain chords or keys combinations than other chords or combinations. I think that it is not just a matter of the ear getting used to it (though in general terms it is so), but also that there does exist certain keys that "get on well" with certain others even viewed objectively and not according to fashion or what one "got used to" hearing.
That made me think of objective art VS subjective art, and the fact that both polarities can be discerned with certain ease in other arts such as painting, skulpture, and even the lyrics in a song. But what about music?.
Is A# - Gb - F more objective than Db - E - G ???(and so on)
Is the intro of La Traviata more objective than the guitar solo of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Or the only thing that makes the difference in the music is lyrics when present?
What do you people think about it?
He said that he thought that people are used to listening to certain combinations, and that that was the reason why major and minor chords were more common, and that maybe thousands of years ago it was different, and that some chords seem more nice or more suitable to be used as main chords just because of people getting used to it through the ages, or through the fashion of the times.(or even imposed)
Then my idea, was that, though, he may be right to some extent, one can objectively perceive more harmony in certain chords or keys combinations than other chords or combinations. I think that it is not just a matter of the ear getting used to it (though in general terms it is so), but also that there does exist certain keys that "get on well" with certain others even viewed objectively and not according to fashion or what one "got used to" hearing.
That made me think of objective art VS subjective art, and the fact that both polarities can be discerned with certain ease in other arts such as painting, skulpture, and even the lyrics in a song. But what about music?.
Is A# - Gb - F more objective than Db - E - G ???(and so on)
Is the intro of La Traviata more objective than the guitar solo of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Or the only thing that makes the difference in the music is lyrics when present?
What do you people think about it?