The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128012 Message #2862414
Posted By: The Sandman
12-Mar-10 - 04:34 AM
Thread Name: What defines a traditional song?
Subject: RE: What defines a traditional song?
Style is irrelevant, some are found in jazz and blues versions and others ended up (or even originated) in the music halls. style is not irrelevant,it is relevant. lets take modulation of melodies,this appears to have emerged around the time of Bach[1685 to 1750],perhaps a little earlier,so most ancient melodies do not use modulation. it is the different modes that define a particular tradition,for example some flamenco music uses the phrygian mode,but this is never found in english trad music.,so we say ah that sounds like flamencoi ,or that sounds like a SCOTTISH TUNE yet the phrygian mode,Is used in heavy metal music,but it is the way that the music is treated that most people would agree that heavy metal is heavy metal and not traditional,even though they are using the same modes,so style is important as a definition.