ACADEMIA & the Orgy Of Touchy-Feely "Definitions" - They count on your (our) INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS!


	ACADEMIA & the Orgy Of Touchy-Feely "Definitions" - They count on your (our) INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS!

ianschneider

1-18-2008 7:56 PM

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betales, tempo, theory, definition of tempo, overgeneralizations, untestable assertions

ianschneider says:

"McCarthy focuses on the relationship between tempo, measured in beats per minute, and "feel," described as the rhythm's kinetic energy as a product of the subdivision of the beat and its accentuation"

this is oversimplified ad obsolete. the academia is enough to not make you realize - nothing *real* is being said.

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