"You can't resolve that chord like that", he said, "it's against the rules of harmony." Hmm. Try telling that to an Indian sitar-player (eg Ravi Shankar and he's one of the more accessible ones). Who has only studied the instrument and the music for 40-odd years and still manages to produce music that sounds "odd" to Western senses. Or to Stockhausen...(excuse spelling..) Humankind can find all sorts of things aesthetically pleasing, depending on how they're brought up and what inflences they've been subjected to. Personally, I find a lot of "high art" thoroughly boring, not to say occasionally objectionable. And that feeling is multiplied when I look at "Modern Art" (as exemplified by some of the stuff in the Tate Modern etc.). But that's just me. I DO have this sneaking suspicion that some people like that sort of stuff just because it's highly saleable and/or has a high "snobbery" value - but, again, that's just my own opinion. I have no intention of trying to argue case because it can't be proven one way or the other. I DO like J.W Turner though. And Michealangelo.. and Leonardo da Vinci... and El Greco.... and Dali........ (oh - and the Eagles and Pink Floyd and Tchaikovsky and Beethoven - and Ravi Shankar:-)) Just to name a very few.. And I've got to stop now 'cos otherwise this post will exceed the golden mean..:-)) Cheers, Diolma