OY !

ok..the original premise was pretty plain to me...we are dealing with the basics of music..not composition.

Anyway..I think it's hard to make a hard and fast rule that any of the four components are at once more inportant.

Sometimes a note can be played perectly in tune..the tone is fabulous..it's held for precisely the right amount of time and the arranger has assigned said note to precisely the right instrument.

BUT...the note gets played too LOUD !

Or..everything is perfect including the volume but the arranger hass asigned the note to tuba instead of chhek flute !

Then..timbre is the most important by virtue of the violation.

Now...does anybody want to carry THAT into a sea of semantic whooshy?

Bob

[This message has been edited by bob young (edited 07-29-2004).]