for_the_process'_sake hsg process says, 'ache'. 090710 ... unhinged 'a fugue is not a piece, it's a compositional process' writing a fugue dodecaphonic two part piece for theory class in my undergrad every homework assignment for the modal counterpoint class i took as an elective 090710 ... somebody sometimes a fugue is both 090711 ... suicidalchinadoll dodecaphonic meaning twelve tone, or twelve voices? either way, yikes. you have my respect. 090711 ... unhinged (i guess i have been absent_but_still_present around here in the past couple of months; dodecaphony was a mathematical compositional process/theory that tried to equalize the twelve half steps of the octave. a tone row was created and then put into a matrix of inversion and retrograde and retrograde inversion and then you just pick out rows from the matrix and combine them how you want. it reminded me more of math class and less of music. it was the opposite of tonality where certain scale degrees had stronger pull/more importance than others. dodecaphonic music kinda sounds like crap. like random notes, or machines making random bleeps. needless to say, it never quite caught on with the audiences. shostakovich also thought it was crap; just another reason why he is one of my heros) 090806 ... In_Bloom I hate the ache of the mid momentum That dreaded part after initial elation and immersion in un accountable joy There comes the reckoning The weighing of time, directive and gain Nausea Fidgeting Second guessing not based on reason For the sake of the truth to come, we will pass through the valley of discontent, barbed encounters and pained partings All speed to us Wish safe journey for us Smile on us to succeed 090806 ... unhinged i can't say i regret being with you but the way you are acting right now is making it a lot easier to leave 090821 ... hsg Leaving, a great way to never arrive. - traveller 090822 ... In_Bloom "...all those angels with bits of you you didn't want to offer..." 3 unhinged 3 090823 what's it to you? who go blather from