too damn educated...

[acroyear]

on a discussion about kids recognizing "wrong" chords in a progression (because by western standards they're "dissonant"), I wrote the following

Cognitive Daily: What kids know about music (updated with poll):

wrong is such a loaded term, implying a sense of musical rightness to which the wars over that were fought over 100 years ago between the Wagnerites and the Brahmsians, and in the end the Russians won.

(that last bit was an intentional musical-history joke, as the Russian works stayed on the sidelines and then exploded in popularity around 1910 just as the "war" was coming to an end with the deaths of many of the composers of the German traditions).

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[i-kissandra.livejournal.com]

Extremely interesting stuff, Joe. I wrote a response in that thread. I'm with you. "Wrong" is loaded and subjective.