Reply To: Music theory and the JoCoeuvre
@OldManAP: I second everybody’s encouragement. This thread dates from a rather short “music theory golden age” on the forum, and quite frankly, looking back at some things I wrote I see a lot of pomposity. Okay, pomposity, plus some feeble attempts to try and NOT be pompous. I think that’s just the rules of the game. All in all, the more words and opinions, the better.
Speaking of the English Horn, it is one of my favorite instrument names for nonplussing (my word) nomenclature. It is neither English nor a horn, and more often than not it is named in French, as Cor Anglais. WTF!?
@Caleb: I did vote, and every time I get the feeling that it’s as hard being a voter than it is to be a contestant. After a decent number of times listening to all the entries, I just looked down the list and clicked the first five that I thought deserve my votes, knowing that I don’t have to explain myself to anybody. And then I was shocked to see what I did NOT vote for, but I could see no good argument for changing from the initial five. So I honestly don’t want to trumpet to anybody who I voted for, with the exception of saying that I *did* vote for Paul, and that his relatively low ranking is no reflection on the song.