Alex Tiuniaev
New member
Dear fellow musicians,
What do you think about parallel 5ths and 8ves in modern music? We all know the strict rule of avoiding them in common practice period music, but what about today music? Especially, film music. If we take electronic and pop stuff (like Moby, Vangelis, etc.) parallel 5ths in their pieces are frequent and flagrant (!) which is okay. And how about film music? I have piano arrangements of Lord of the Rings score (The Fellowship... and the Two Towers) and Howard Shore used parallel intervals like 5ths and 8ves even for vocal parts and strings. Of course, it was just an arrangement, but what about modern orchestral music (especially, film music). Is that okay to use parallel 5ths for orchestral stuff?
What do you think about parallel 5ths and 8ves in modern music? We all know the strict rule of avoiding them in common practice period music, but what about today music? Especially, film music. If we take electronic and pop stuff (like Moby, Vangelis, etc.) parallel 5ths in their pieces are frequent and flagrant (!) which is okay. And how about film music? I have piano arrangements of Lord of the Rings score (The Fellowship... and the Two Towers) and Howard Shore used parallel intervals like 5ths and 8ves even for vocal parts and strings. Of course, it was just an arrangement, but what about modern orchestral music (especially, film music). Is that okay to use parallel 5ths for orchestral stuff?