Hi Herb,

LOL "At least not intentionally"

I am not much good at conforming to any rules...lol Actually, we all most likely conform to classical rules more than we may be aware of.

My "classical music theory terms" question was only for the purpose of clear understandable communication.

This whole idea is part of a continuing investigation into the importance/use/relationship of the fifth.

There are relationships between sounds defined in music theory. Music theory gives us a language to use to communicate with. It may give us an educated guess of where to resolve something that will sound pretty "normal". It is of little use to tell someone "exactly what to play". It is a bit better at describing what was played.

Knowing why something sounds good requires knowing something about psychology, physics, culture, and the fact that I have listened to these sounds a zillion times.

Thanks for your answer. It gave me a reason to consider what a phrase was and how typically there are several phrases in a row. What note each phrase ends on is controlled to some degree by where the phrase occurs in a group of connected phrases.

I am finding a large number of things related to "the fifth". Circle of Fifth and on and on.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”