The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99210   Message #1985008
Posted By: Ron Davies
03-Mar-07 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: Hey, You! Get Off Of My Note!
Subject: RE: Hey, You! Get Off Of My Note!
Hey Robin--

It's not "some new discovery". It's just fun. I certainly agree that classical music has a greater richness of harmony than other types--after all, consider the palette the classical composer has to work with--but just voices harmonizing is also fascinating--as you know from works by Byrd and Tallis--to pick two of the absolute top in classical choral writing. (Interestingly enough, they were both Catholic in Elizabethan England--but that sounds like pretty egregious thread creep.)

Anyway, there's no reason to look down on so many other different types of unaccompanied singing--which are also immensely satisfying--and wonderful fun.

This thread started out by inquiring about the differences in attitude in various kinds of non-classical music towards people singing the same note in harmony groups-----a perfectly fine question---and one which has resulted in lots of interesting information.

I think Jerry has another winner.