ratfynk's Journal: more music

I can just imagine Johann sitting at a PC with a Kerzwiel, and banks of Korgs wondering about what to write today. He turns on the synth, punches up the strings 2nd octave, puts in a little chorus. Plays an Em broken chord arpeggio (for those wonderin what it is? e,g,b,e 'not always in order except e in the bass'). With some satisfaction he adds a bank of flute stops and runs a G 6/4 (for those wonderin what? 'in ascending order b,d,g but not played in that order except b in the bass!') adding f# to the top (voice) melody leading he descends the base to the chord C Major ascending to the g as melody without doubling, (down)..f#..(up)to,b etc.... then with his usual skill yeilds to the dominant Bmajor, the bones of a new wonderfull composition are all he needs. From this novel musical idea he will create a structured masterwork. He crafts his work so quickly that other composers will marvel for centuries at his genius!

He turns on the Dribble Notater software to notate the beauty he is creating. Suddenly the software crashes because he upgraded to XP last night. He calls Dribble Inc. Tech support determines that the issue is with his sound card driver and is known but not fixable, the recommendation is to upgrade to the newest version of Dribble Notater 3.1, and get a supported sound card. As the friggin' computer flies out the Window, his wife Anna brings him his old writing tools. All is not lost. His skills are real, not computer generated.

Fortunately there were no PCs around when real composers took quill to paper and made generation after generation proud to be musicians.