Word: melodicism
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The subject of the workshop, it quickly became apparent, was improvisation. All those assembled were given copies of musical scores, which contained odd melodic patterns and all manner of symbols to notate Fox's ideas. Fox appeared dressed in a casual yet snazzy blazer and turtleneck, with a case full...
The horn section and pianos blasted out asymmetric musical motives, while the bass and drums anchored the musicians with the continuous melodic patterns. Cacophonic at times, simply loud at others, the performance included fascinating moments of melodic and harmonic beauty.
The mood brightens on French Shoes, a snickering critique of foreign footwear, and on cuts like Beige to Beige and What If I Came Knocking, both of which reaffirm Mellencamp's knack for exuberantly melodic rock 'n' roll. The record ends, appropriately, with To the River, on which Mellencamp dives...
Why now? For one thing, the collapse of the musically totalitarian 12-tone system has enabled a thousand melodic flowers to bloom. No longer do the words contemporary music mean two hours of agonistic screaming and clangorous orchestral Klangfarbenmelodie. For another, audiences raised on show-biz special effects demand large...
The mood brightens on French Shoes, a snickering critique of foreign footwear, and on cuts like Beige to Beige and What If I Came Knocking, both of which reaffirm Mellencamp's knack for exuberantly melodic rock 'n' roll. The record ends, appropriately, with To the River, on which Mellencamp dives...