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with a single line over a continuous drone there's
a tension between the melody and the tonic(=drone note)
which kind of makes up for the lack of "western" harmony.
The emphasising of a particular note of the scale, by phrasing,
means that the music still has a system of tension and
release. (I bet most of us do this by ear already).
** yeah sure, european church composers used a similar technique around the 12th or 13th century (i think it is) - - leonin and perotin. unfortunately the name of the technique is on the tip of my tongue right now. in any event it was one held note by one voice and the free line sung by another voice. i think that most counterpoint is about the lines intersecting and creating tension and release against each other - - both rhythmically and tonally. when talking about "western harmony" i think it's probably to talk about the when/who quotient - - fer instance, i'm a self-styled western composer but, for the most part, don't use standard harmonic language and prefer to work with monophonic instruments to yield polyphonic results (or something, but i think you get the point).
stig
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