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View Poll Results: What changed music the most in the 20th Century?
Set Drumming 2 6.45%
Electrification 10 32.26%
Computers/Programming 2 6.45%
Multi-track recording 3 9.68%
Radio and consequent formatting 2 6.45%
The switch from musician as performer of someone else's work, to musician as composer 0 0%
the shrinking down of "orchestra size" groups to "small ensemble" size groups 2 6.45%
the rise of Improvisation (jazz and all forms of rejection of playing others' compositions) 2 6.45%
Live Touring 0 0%
Other (please specify) 8 25.81%
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Old 03-26-2003, 09:30 AM
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A GREAT debate! What changed music?

What do you think changed music the most in the 20th Century? My vote was for set drumming. In days before jazz, percussion was split up between many people playing a composer's score. After set drumming, people began to be the whole rhythm sections themselves, thus facilitating improvisation and personality. It paved the way for jazz, rock, etc. Set drumming changed music forever, even before electrification and more prominently than electrification. For instance, there are many, many all acoustic groups out there, but they have a set drummer. Can't do music today without set drums, unless you're an orchestra.
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