Tonal or Atonal Music.

[Kevin]

Which do you prefer and why?

[steve]

I generally prefer tonal music. I think there's something very natural about tonal music -e.g.: the lowest, most basic of the overtone series give close to a diatonic scale. Tonal music seems to me, I hate to say it, biologically "right" - at least for peace and tranquility. I've heard some "busy" atonal music which wasn't relaxing but which I still found enjoyable, but for the most part, to me, atonal music seems more an exclusively intellectual pursuit whereas only tonal music can satisfy both the mind, body and spirit.

[Kevin]

I agree completely. Okay so there is always room to develop music as in any art but sometimes things get a bit too out of hand and things get blurred.