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2831490, I don't know what a "scale of variability" is.
Posted by Buck, Mon Aug-12-13 06:57 PM
I've not heard that phrase before.

>But I'm not thinking of it as hierarchical but rather
>continuations. Jazz was a culmination of what had come before
>it. There have been deconstructions from that point. Arguably
>jazz is a reconstruction to the blues. R&B and soul are
>deconstructions from the blues. Hip-hop is a deconstruction
>from r&b/soul. All of these built upon foundations previously
>laid and created new things but not things that existed
>outside of what had been previously construction, the depth of
>that form expressed through jazz.

It isn't clear what you mean by "reconstruction" and "deconstruction" here. You seem to be using them interchangeably.

>Electronic is a reconstruction of all of western musical
>history which allows for the first push forward from the
>foundational construction since jazz. The way at arriving at
>that possibility is via a language that bridges the two
>palates.

"Foundational construction." "Palates." I'm thinking that if you simplified your language, your point would be a lot clearer.