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From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Musical Notation
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 13:04:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 13:04:08 1985
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Reply-To: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Summary: 

Doug Alan has repeatedly made the claim that ordinary musical notation is
extremely limiting and that Kate Bush has eschewed it for that reason.
Avant garde composers sometimes come up with wierd notations, but their music
usually demands this (Cage, Xenakis,...)  
Though Kate's music is out of the ordinary, I don't hear anything that could
not be written in standard notation.

In fact, from the reviews I've read about her work, I've gathered that much
of her music *is* scored traditionally (ie. string accomp).  From what I
know about the Fairlight CMI, it's sequencer uses conventional notation

So why the claim that Kate Bush has gone beyond traditional notation?

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