the expected and the unexpected

[tds]

masterpieces contain a finest mixture of both the expected and the unexpected.

what do you think of the above statement? best, tds

[Alde]

I agree.  Just to add, I especially like hearing contrasts - fast/slow, loud/soft etc.

[Ziggy]

Ha, homework time is it?

 

[tds]

i see it this way:

all the expected: dead boring!
all the unexpedted: what the.....!!

a bit like life i guess. best, tds

[puma]

    Absolutely.  When I listen to a piece by Thelonious Monk, say Round Midnight, he's using standard seventh chords to harmonize the melody.  But he uses them as open sevenths.  Then he'll use chord tones to color in his improvisations in the melody - but add dissonants and chromaticisms to get a special effect.  He'll play in standard swing piano style - but then add an unpredictable rhythm all of a sudden to great delight.  So it's a combination of the predictable and unpredictable.