Word: chordings
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...with music that could score one of The Rock’s action films, Calla has created something new: Dinosaur Rock. The music’s primordial tendencies come across on songs like “Sanctify,” which centers on low, melancholic tones and predictable rock chord progressions that lead to their own extinction in your consciousness. Or perhaps it’s the sense of menace, magnified by Valle’s low whisper, that curls you into the song’s harmonic arms while the brontosaurus beat stomps forward. The tracks rotate upon revolving...
...sound lacks any of her old musicality and honesty; instead, it simply reflects a different self and culture. Jones’ new material was definitely an artistic success; yet, sitting in Sanders Theatre among her old audience, it was the feeling of reunion and reflection that struck the right chord...
Rubin doesn't read music or write lyrics, and has no idea what the knobs on a mixing board do. "I had my doubts," says the Dixie Chicks' Emily Robison. "How do you produce music if you can't say, 'O.K., from the D chord I want to hear going to the G?' But somehow it just works." Rubin's dominance of this year's Grammy Album category is unprecedented. So is the fact that other than platinum sales, his nominated discs--one country, one rock and one pop/soul--have absolutely nothing in common. Factor in his other big releases...
...fight over resolutions may seem symbolic - President Bush has insisted the surge will proceed regardless of what the Senate says - but there are important political consequences to Warner's battle. The future of both parties, in 2008 and beyond, may hinge on their ability to strike the right chord on Iraq, defiant of the President yet tough-minded enough to reassure voters for whom national security is still a major issue...
...various styles move through his orbifold spaces, says Tymoczko, you can see how different styles of Western music relate to each other and evolve. Tymoczko's maps can also be an aid to composers, says Cohn. Most have a favorite corner in orbifold space, a set of related chord types that they tend to explore over and over in different ways. Venturing into a different part of space can be tough; you have to learn your way around a whole new auditory neighborhood. You can do that intuitively by wandering around and seeing where you get to. But with...