home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky rec.music.newage:4153 rec.music.folk:8791
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!tk
- From: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.newage,rec.music.folk
- Subject: Technicalities of "newage" music
- Message-ID: <Bzw8q2.6KA@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 01:13:13 GMT
- Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
- Reply-To: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly)
- Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U
- Lines: 31
-
- OK, now that the general discussion of "newage" music is outa the way,
- I'd be really keen to hear some thoughts on what rhythms, harmonic structures,
- etc make up this music.
-
- Let me be quite specific - since I think "newage" means a multitude of things
- when applied to music:
-
- I am interested in the modern celtic stuff by folk like Enya, Clannad,
- Capercaille, etc.
-
- What are they up to!?
-
- If you know the Clannad tune which was published as the theme to
- "Harry's Game", it contains a lot of the harmonies I am referring to.
- One important characteristic is a Dm chord with a Bb in the bass.
- (What's that? - a Dm sus 6??)
-
- Enya's "Carribean Blue" has a similar feel - but is faster.
-
- Here's another attempt at describing the sort of sound I am trying to
- capture: from Enya's "Shepherd Moon"
- Carribean Blue has it,
- Book of Days has it,
- Afer Ventus has it,
- How can I Keep from singing has a touch of it
-
- Marble halls doesn't have it.
-
- What is "it" ? :-)
-
- tommy
-