| re: “Was ‘Over the Rainbow’ Plagiarized?” |
| Posted by: JohninChicago 12:58 am EDT 03/11/24 |
| In reply to: re: “Was ‘Over the Rainbow’ Plagiarized?” - Chromolume 08:28 pm EDT 03/10/24 |
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| Let's say there are 88 different notes (distinct and isolatable sounds) that we hear in western music - the 88 keys of a piano keyboard. In melody, we hear the differences between the notes in a sequence- called intervals. I'm saying there are 88 notes but only 12 intervals that are commonly used in popular song melodies. So when one says, "there's a lot of music but not a lot of motes" one could say "there's a lot of music but only 88 notes" or you could say, "there's a lot of music but only 12 intervals." The latter way of looking at it, to me, shows more dramatically why we find similar or identical phrases in different songs. |
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