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1999AD

They

were

leaving

for

a

better

land,

they

were

told.

Hunger,

povetry

and

despair

would

be

all

they

left

behind.

Yet,

there

was

little

joy

in

the

hearts

of

the

irishmen

who

gathered

on

crowded

decks

to

watch

their

beloved

Emerald

Isle

sink

slowly

beneath

the

horizon.

It

was

a

refreshing

concept

to

be

able

to

live

by

one's

own

wits

and

strenght

once

again,

instead

of

relying

on

blind

luck

and

hope.

Yet

the

home

island

haunted

their

thoughts,

like

a

mother

reluctantly

sending

her

offspring

out

to

the

world.

Not

a

single

one

of

the

immigrants

leaved

Mayflower's

deck

until

after

the

morning

mist

finally

veiled

Eire

from

sight.

---

Now

that

I

have

prepared

my

audience

with

the

new-ageish

feadanaigh

epic,

I

can

finally

track

some

authentic

Irish

trad.

Note

that

it's

a

set;

before

you

complain

about

the

lack

of

coherent

structure,

consider

that

it's

actually

a

set

of

separate

tunes,

not

a

single

one.

Are

you

up

to

some

semi-flames?

Since

most

contemporary

music

is

homophonic

in

nature,

chording

systems

derivated

from

classical

polyphonic

theory

theory

are

absurd,

especially

the

voicings.

The

parallel-fifth

ban

is

nothing

but

a

key

to

create

choral

parts

that

are

easier

to

*sing*.

Who

is

going

to

sing

your

pad

sections?

In

my

opinion,

the

moves

that

really

should

be

avoided

are

parallel

octaves

between

lead

and

bass,

and

more

than

one

parallel

third

movements

at

once.

Classical

general

bass

and

harmony

don't

work

with

a

separate

lead

melody;

they

cover

only

polyphonic

music,

where

each

voice

is

equal,

and

the

melody

is

formed

of

all

the

voices

together.

Using

classical

voicing

along

with

modern

homophonic

lead

creates

an

overflow

of

thirds,

intervals

that

are

very

dissonant

in

nature,

though

beautiful.

They

tend

to

cloud

the

general

harmony

spectrum,

muffling

the

leads.

You

should

never

listen

to

chords

by

themselves;

look

at

the

general

picture

they

form

with

bass

and

lead

melodies.

Since

I

tend

to

like

homophonic

music,

and

dislike

the

sound

of

conventional

chords

in

that

music,

I

need

something

a

bit

different,

hence

this

method

of

harmonizing.

Check

on

my

pages

for

more

thoughts

on

the

subject.

If

you

are

into

truly

polyphonic

music

(no

one

in

the

scene

has

ever

tracked

such

a

piece

I

have

heard)

then

I

advise

sticking

with

general

bass.

Multi-part

leads

are

a

primitive

form

of

this

technique,

so

basic

counterpoint

should

be

observed.

The

general

point

of

this

babble

is

that

you

should

*never*

follow

a

rule

you

don't

feel

comfortable

with

or

think

you

understand.

My

snorts

to

everyone

who

writes

theory

tutorials

without

explaining

whys

along

with

hows.

-

Warder

warder@dlc.fi

http://www.dlc.fi/~warder

Greets!

Acumen

Awesome

Baj

Kaamos

Mazedude

Pitfall

POW

Spindizzy

Tourach

Vortex

Everyone

I

forgot

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worldwide