Midnight Voices
THE PETE ATKIN WEB FORUM   RSS
Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register.
This page loaded: 29.03.24 at 12:49 UK time
PA
HOME
Pete Atkin home page
MV Home | Short | Help | Search | Login | Register | Shop | PA Home
Midnight Voices « Tritones, the Devil, and s*x »
   Midnight Voices
   Not Pete Atkin
   Off-topic
(Moderator: S J Birkill)
   Tritones, the Devil, and s*x
« Previous thread | Next thread »
Pages: 1   Start of Thread | Latest Post Reply | Notify of replies | Send Thread | Print
   Author  Thread: Tritones, the Devil, and s*x  (Read 694 times)
Secret Drinker
MV Fixture
****



Paul Gunningham, MoM



Posts: 207
Tritones, the Devil, and s*x
« : 28.04.06 at 12:39 »
Quote

Just found an article of the BBC website
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4952646.stm ) about tritones. Given our hero's predilection for this interval, I thought some of you might be interested!
 
Apparently, the tritone was considered by the Church in times past to invoke 'sexual feelings', and "There is something very sexual about the tritone" according to a quote from 'rock producer' Bob Ezrin (who?). I can't say I've particularly noticed it having that effect on me - but how was it for you, Pete?  Grin
 
Cheers
 
Paul
    https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=offtopic&action=display&num=1146224355&start=0#0   copy 

Staving off the pressure... by drinking real ale
Gerry Smith
MV Fixture
****







Posts: 222
Re: Tritones, the Devil, and s*x
« Reply #1: 28.04.06 at 15:22 »
Quote

Thanks, Paul; interesting read.  Anthony Pryer, whom the article quotes is one of my old lecturers from my Goldsmiths days and says in the article anything which I may have otherwise added.  The mediaevals sure had some strange ideas about music, not just the tritone - the major third and Ionian mode (the modern major scale) were definite no no's too.  
 
Played on its own it is certainly an ugly interval.  I often hear it these days trilled out by telephones, especially in offices.  It gives a sense of urgency which demands a response.  So by answering the phone we are resolving a dissonance!
« Last Edit: 28.04.06 at 15:45 by Gerry Smith »     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=offtopic&action=display&num=1146224355&start=1#1   copy 

Out playing the saxes
Pages: 1    Start of Thread | Latest Post Reply | Notify of replies | Send Thread | Print
Return to Top « Previous thread | Next thread »
MV Home | Short | Help | Search | Login | Register | Shop | PA Home
Midnight Voices is not responsible for comments made by its members. All opinions expressed are entirely those of their authors.
Midnight Voices » Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1!
YaBB © 2000-2003. All Rights Reserved.