to wound the autumnal kitty

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understandable!

oh which one(s)?

this is very you

I saw "BTW if you are in the US" and automatically braced myself to read about some new oppressive shit being proposed. What a time to live in

ancestral form of Orissa Kelly

YouTube video by TheCGBros A Sci-Fi Short Film: "The New Politics" - by Joshua Wong | TheCGBros

This is the eye makeup technology of my dreams:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB1Z...

Screenshot of a post on r/tipofmytongue. The OP asks, "What's it called when you want to keep something a secret and not tell someone because you love it and want to keep it to yourself. For example: a song." Someone comments "gatekeep?" and the OP replies "SOLVED"

For instance:

"restrict access to information in general"

As far as I can tell the chain of semantic changes was "restrict access to a resource" ("no HRT for you") → "restrict access to a subculture" ("you're not a *real* fan") → "restrict access to a specific subcultural thing" ("I know this thing and you don't, which makes me cooler than you") →

aww

Her examples are Beethoven and Schubert so it's definitely not that!

It sure is!

I muted reposts universally and have never regretted it

I like how black cats are secretly really dark brown

Actually one pop song that does have the same ambiguity of "O Superman" is Ariana Grande's "thank u, next." Bb minor or Gb major?

(Usually between relative major/minor instead, but still, it creates a kind of emotional complexity that I find really compelling)

That's good, after hearing his recording of The People United I thought he might be a robot in disguise

In her chapter on Laurie Anderson, she talks about how in "O Superman" it's impossible to tell whether the C minor chord or the Ab major chord has primacy. Which is absolutely true, but what's striking to me is that this kind of ambiguity has become totally standard in pop music in the 21st century.

An old favorite! And you're even making me like Marc-André Hamelin lol

This phenomenon drives me crazy!!!

Western Christian–centric especially, Orthodox Christians love minor modes

YouTube video by davidhertzberg JS Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A Minor BWV 807 - Martha Argerich, 1979 - DG 2531 088

Great use of register in this dominant prolongation!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HguR...

Depends on the piece (see the aforementioned Brandenburg 5) but yeah for sure

(to be clear, I started this thread with McClary but the subsequent posts are about the rhetoric surrounding standard-rep tonality more broadly)

I love Bach but I'm pretty sure the only time I've felt "on the edge of my seat" listening to his music was the harpsichord solo in Brandenburg 5

When I was teaching second-year theory in grad school, students would sometimes write about how some Bach chord progression "kept them on the edge of their seat." Leaving aside the question of anachronism, was that their experience, or just what they thought they were supposed to say?

Similarly: are there really people who are genuinely upset or made anxious by delayed cadences, and immensely relieved when they finally arrive? I certainly feel anticipation and satisfaction, but it's not nearly so ... unbalancing as the way tonality gets described.

McClary talks about listeners experiencing "dread" when encountering "intolerable" minor tonics, and disliking the way they "affirm brutal reality." Are there actually people who experience tonal music this way? I've been drawn to music in minor keys since I was a kid.