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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Does your general musical tastes run to the polyphonic?
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Yes, definitely. I teach counterpoint, so I'd better like it. But seriously, yes.
However, polyphony is easy to achieve when the different lines are made up of noise with no discernable pitch, so "polyphonic cacophony" is a bit of a compromise. I still like it though. For me, "polyphonic cacophony" is justified when the lack of rigor concerning pitch is made up for through heavy motivic development, a lot of interplay between voices (whatever that means), and an effective musical shape and logic.
An exception: pentatonic noodling a la the Allmann Brothers gets old fast. This is what I call "lazy black-key polyphony." AKA, bad jazz. I like ABB though. Duane was the man.