Old 05-01-2009, 08:54 AM   #1
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Not sure where to post this, but yesterday I found the fabled Solomon Papers. This is an amazing resource for an overview in contemporary music theory.

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Wicked. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks lots, for the font of blessing this is.
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Hey, you're welcome. I was excited to finally find a post with a working link to this. For years the links I did find were broken. Gotta love the web!
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what is the significance of these Solomon papers?

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what is the significance of these Solomon papers?

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Yeah, until someone confirms that it's not Jewish folk music, then I'm not clicking on that link......
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Thanks for the link, I have found it really interesting......and when combined with THIS you are sure to reach for the aspirin!
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Erm, click on the link, read a topic that interests you. If it doesn't don't click on the link again. Pretty simple, really.

That a man has offered his life's work for free, I think, is fucking amazing.
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Erm, click on the link, read a topic that interests you. If it doesn't don't click on the link again. Pretty simple, really.

That a man has offered his life's work for free, I think, is fucking amazing.
You did say they were "fabled". I was making a joke because the guy's name is Solomon, but I think me and Sue were just curious to know the history of it, and why they are "fabled", because I'm not familiar with this person.
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Yeah what's so goddamn important about this ...
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Lol goodbye, poof.
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Being into music, and also interested in Recording, but not really being trained.... thank you very much for two such interesting links...

The Beatles one is great, and the other looks cool too.

Thanks both of you.
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thank you guys so much for these links, very interesting.
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They are pretty cool to go thru, I can waste a few hours at a time in both with no problem...
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I wasn't trying to start anything here. Sorry if that came across as my intent. I just never heard of the guy, or his papers and was curious about the background on them. As Devin stated, you did say they were fabled, and that sort of statement has a tendency to make a person curious.

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You know, the Internet is a weird place. There's no context for communication. My thought was that I'd throw up the link and the material would speak for itself.

As for "fabled" -- it was a little tongue-and-cheek, but not a lot.

A short history: for a few years I'd been hearing of a collection of unpublished books, essays, lecture notes, and such by a music theorist named Larry Solomon. Every time I found a link, it would be broken. A few days ago I came across a thread about this on another forum. This time, the link worked. Needless to say, I was floored by the content.

My intent, really, was just to share this. There's really not much of a story here. But, seriously, this is this man's life's work. I find it an incredible source of inspiration and am humbled by this gift. Maybe everyone won't feel this way. Finding a trove of music theory that covers this much scope would take, literally, years of searching. Personally, I don't even feel worthy of this. A lot of it is over my head, and I've been studying theory for the bulk of my life. But I'm going to dig in, and I hope others join me.

As a real quick side-note, I was aghast at the anti-semitism that followed. Every time I think we've progressed as real people living in a real world with problems, I am faced with the ugliness of racism. I may be a little touchy because I'm writing a graduate paper on the first crusade and remain shocked and disgusted by the events that transpired even before the first crusade theoretically began (it would take more time than anyone cares about to really discuss that). Let's just say that some of the comments provoked an emotional reaction in me.

Please, just focus on the music. That's all I meant.

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Steve,

First off... how the hell are you? Hope you're well.

Thanks for the link to these papers, they contain a wealth of knowledge. Hopefully I can expand my limited of music theory.
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Nice papers, from the brief reading I had of them, BTW. I have bookmarked them for when I have more time, thanks...


As far as Muldoon, IMHO people shouldn't take too much offense, clearly something is a bit off about him/her/it. Anybody who randomly spouts completely pointless hate speech towards a religion, and then calls somebody a "poof" in retaliation, clearly isn't all there in the head. Can anyone re-read those 2 one-liner posts and imagine this person as a normal, well-adjusted, mentally healthy adult? Not cool, but nothing to get worked up over, either... IMHO, IMHO, IMHO...
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You know, the Internet is a weird place. There's no context for communication. My thought was that I'd throw up the link and the material would speak for itself.

As for "fabled" -- it was a little tongue-and-cheek, but not a lot.

A short history: for a few years I'd been hearing of a collection of unpublished books, essays, lecture notes, and such by a music theorist named Larry Solomon. Every time I found a link, it would be broken. A few days ago I came across a thread about this on another forum. This time, the link worked. Needless to say, I was floored by the content.

My intent, really, was just to share this. There's really not much of a story here. But, seriously, this is this man's life's work. I find it an incredible source of inspiration and am humbled by this gift. Maybe everyone won't feel this way. Finding a trove of music theory that covers this much scope would take, literally, years of searching. Personally, I don't even feel worthy of this. A lot of it is over my head, and I've been studying theory for the bulk of my life. But I'm going to dig in, and I hope others join me.

As a real quick side-note, I was aghast at the anti-semitism that followed. Every time I think we've progressed as real people living in a real world with problems, I am faced with the ugliness of racism. I may be a little touchy because I'm writing a graduate paper on the first crusade and remain shocked and disgusted by the events that transpired even before the first crusade theoretically began (it would take more time than anyone cares about to really discuss that). Let's just say that some of the comments provoked an emotional reaction in me.

Please, just focus on the music. That's all I meant.
Steve, thanks for taking a few minutes to explain that.
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Hmmm ... I'm a little surprised that many (including the moderators) quite rightly consider Post 11 in this thread to be offensive and have removed it, but not Post 13.
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Hmmm ... I'm a little surprised that many (including the moderators) quite rightly consider Post 11 in this thread to be offensive and have removed it, but not Post 13.
I'd have to agree with you, a minority is a minority, and a slur is a slur, all equal IMO.
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I think he's missing the point in dismissing Schoenberg's perspective of harmony. Schoenberg's use of dissonance, while ignoring the European antecedents of the nomenclature, does not mean the sound of the result is the only outcome of that perspective.

/ fuh fuh fuh fuh
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Hmmm ... I'm a little surprised that many (including the moderators) quite rightly consider Post 11 in this thread to be offensive and have removed it, but not Post 13.
lol i never knew what poof meant till now

yeah, i guess little known but slur
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I'm sorry, I don't get it, but I don't think I really want to either.....
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I'm sorry, I don't get it, but I don't think I really want to either.....
In these situations Google and/or Wikipedia help me every time
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In these situations Google and/or Wikipedia help me every time
http://www.urbandictionary.com/ is a superior resource in these situations, I use google and wikipedia for more technical or academic queries....
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Uh, I hate to ask, but would anyone familiar care to offer a synopsis?

I am very appreciative to have a link to good info, but just starting out, it seems really dense as well as fairly abstract and academic. Which is not a criticism, but as it stands it probably *is* something that's going to keep me from clicking through all the pages, especially since it seems to be fairly badly laid out (that *is* a criticism).

It would be helpful to hear how it's helped with music-making, or what some of the key differences are from other theories or methods of presentation.

In any case, thanks for sharing.
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Play random notes until you find something that sounds good.
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but just starting out, it seems really dense as well as fairly abstract and academic.
By "just starting out," do you mean in studying theory or in "I've just gone to the site, now what?"

If the former, I think you need to have a relatively good grasp of traditional harmonic theory. If the latter, then I'd suggest you look around and see if anything interests you.

Right now, the things that fascinate me the most on these pages are the topics on Symmetry and Set Theory.
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Play random notes until you find something that sounds good.
Well said.

Interestingly in music, random is always(?) random variability within various structures and frameworks.
I've found applying and freely experimenting within newly learned frameworks and structures very creatively stimulating.
Its as though constraining the scenario actually encourages creativity and coherent expression.
Examples of this has been learning and applying different modes, scales, rhythms and time signatures. So that learning and applying theory can be a real creative catalyst.
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Yeah, until someone confirms that it's not Jewish folk music, then I'm not clicking on that link......
That's funny! Beware of clicking on my link as it WILL lead you to Jewish folk music :-)
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That's funny! Beware of clicking on my link as it WILL lead you to Jewish folk music :-)
So you can confirm, that *that* link leads to something very kabbalistic ?!?
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So you can confirm, that *that* link leads to something very kabbalistic ?!?
Nah, not kabbalistic at all. Most of what is called kabbalistic in today's pop culture is just make believe stuff. The real kabbala is studied by very few and not broadcast. It's a very deep and private thing and way beyond my level of scholarship. My humble attempt at music is mostly taking psalms in the original Hebrew and other liturgy and expressing it in some of the genres that I grew up listening to. It's mostly folk (with a lot of minor notes) and there's some blues and pop in there too. More blues and some rock on the way as well. If only there was more time in the day...
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