Bill Walsh wrote:

>Obviously atonal (but equally simple) tunes were total failures.  The
>authors were loathe to speculate much on the meaning of these results and
>noted that there was no scientific, objective way to measure a degree of
>atonality.  Any thoughts on the philosphical implications for our struggles
>with atonality in classical music?

Philosophical implication: I am not a monkey.  I love many so-called
'atonal' works.

Satoshi Akima
Sydney, Australia