Nicola Vicentino and the Enharmonic Diesis
... compositions may not be considered as musically sophisticated as those of his contemporaries, they nonetheless demonstrate Vicentino‟s revolutionary musical ideas and novel 31-tone tuning system. Vicentino claims in his 1555 treatise, Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice, that the microtonal inf ...
... compositions may not be considered as musically sophisticated as those of his contemporaries, they nonetheless demonstrate Vicentino‟s revolutionary musical ideas and novel 31-tone tuning system. Vicentino claims in his 1555 treatise, Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice, that the microtonal inf ...
scale networks and debussy
... Similarly, two notes form a “scalar second” or are “separated by one scale step,” if they are adjacent in the ordering; they form a “scalar third,” or are separated by two scale steps, if they are adjacent but for one note, and so on. Note that “scales” in this sense do not have tonic notes, pitch p ...
... Similarly, two notes form a “scalar second” or are “separated by one scale step,” if they are adjacent in the ordering; they form a “scalar third,” or are separated by two scale steps, if they are adjacent but for one note, and so on. Note that “scales” in this sense do not have tonic notes, pitch p ...
Stravinsky and the Octatonic: A Reconsideration
... Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring. Likewise, the latter two pieces contain substantial passages of the modal use of ascending melodic minor scales.3 The Rite of Spring also contains several prominent passages involving modes of the harmonic minor scale, as well as passages that alternate between har ...
... Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring. Likewise, the latter two pieces contain substantial passages of the modal use of ascending melodic minor scales.3 The Rite of Spring also contains several prominent passages involving modes of the harmonic minor scale, as well as passages that alternate between har ...
Chapter 1: Introduction to Pairwise Well-Formed Scales
... The notion of a pairwise well-formed scale is my own extension of the theory to a class that includes (but is not limited to) some scales that incorporate the step interval of the augmented second. These scales are prominent in world musics, and have been appropriated by composers of Western art mus ...
... The notion of a pairwise well-formed scale is my own extension of the theory to a class that includes (but is not limited to) some scales that incorporate the step interval of the augmented second. These scales are prominent in world musics, and have been appropriated by composers of Western art mus ...
Ancient Greek Music: A Technical History by Stefan Hagel
... made, context indicates that melodies can move from one of these ‘ranges’ or τόνοι to another. Such movement will count as the kind of μεταβολή of special interest to Hagel. To signal its significance and peculiarity to melody, it is more usual to translate it into English not as ‘change’ but as ‘mod ...
... made, context indicates that melodies can move from one of these ‘ranges’ or τόνοι to another. Such movement will count as the kind of μεταβολή of special interest to Hagel. To signal its significance and peculiarity to melody, it is more usual to translate it into English not as ‘change’ but as ‘mod ...
AP Music Theory Syllabus
... compositions will be required to demonstrate understanding and synthesis of concepts presented. These compositions include: a. A song in binary form i. A song that modulates from one tonal center to b. A song in ternary form another through the c. A song in sonata form use of a pivot chord d. A song ...
... compositions will be required to demonstrate understanding and synthesis of concepts presented. These compositions include: a. A song in binary form i. A song that modulates from one tonal center to b. A song in ternary form another through the c. A song in sonata form use of a pivot chord d. A song ...
Synthesis of Divergent Early and Twentieth
... and twentieth-century music.1 This article identifies these early and new elements and discovers how they are synthesized into a twentieth-century idiom. Most significantly, this mass reveals a disparate harmonic language that includes modality, octatonicism, pentatonicism, and functional harmony. F ...
... and twentieth-century music.1 This article identifies these early and new elements and discovers how they are synthesized into a twentieth-century idiom. Most significantly, this mass reveals a disparate harmonic language that includes modality, octatonicism, pentatonicism, and functional harmony. F ...
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... works for unison voices with organ, including the Masses for St. Peter, 1927, and for St. Theresa, 1930. Others have English text settings, such as St. Mary Magdalena, 1928, and St. Hugh, 1935, while still others were intended for the Lutheran use. Willan also wrote 14 English settings of the Missa ...
... works for unison voices with organ, including the Masses for St. Peter, 1927, and for St. Theresa, 1930. Others have English text settings, such as St. Mary Magdalena, 1928, and St. Hugh, 1935, while still others were intended for the Lutheran use. Willan also wrote 14 English settings of the Missa ...
Liturgical Function and Gregorian Chant in the Music of Paulus
... The composer’s creative approach to the tradition – this time the chant tradition – is even more apparent in the works from the first volume of Opus musicum, those without a specific liturgical function. Bucenus used chant cantus firmus there in a variety of ways. Sometimes he made it the convention ...
... The composer’s creative approach to the tradition – this time the chant tradition – is even more apparent in the works from the first volume of Opus musicum, those without a specific liturgical function. Bucenus used chant cantus firmus there in a variety of ways. Sometimes he made it the convention ...
Intonation Variables in the Performance of Twelve
... pattern of intonation appear dominant over both ensemble (harmonic) demands and the often assumed ‘cultural conditioning’ from the equi-tempered intonation.”9 Charles Shackford directed his study specifically to measurement of the sizes of harmonic intervals in ensemble performance, and he found tha ...
... pattern of intonation appear dominant over both ensemble (harmonic) demands and the often assumed ‘cultural conditioning’ from the equi-tempered intonation.”9 Charles Shackford directed his study specifically to measurement of the sizes of harmonic intervals in ensemble performance, and he found tha ...
Bi-tonal Quartal Harmony
... In practice, all chords within the same chord class can substitute for one another if the bass chord root is shared. One might consider the idea of “chord substitution” often employed by musicians i ...
... In practice, all chords within the same chord class can substitute for one another if the bass chord root is shared. One might consider the idea of “chord substitution” often employed by musicians i ...
Pitch Drift in Choral Music - CCRMA
... by the equal temperament, and some did not. If these five people sing in a group, the intonation will not be either of the just intonation or the equal temperament, which is very realistic. For the test 2, the sensation of pitch drift was various too. While most of people perceived the pitch falling ...
... by the equal temperament, and some did not. If these five people sing in a group, the intonation will not be either of the just intonation or the equal temperament, which is very realistic. For the test 2, the sensation of pitch drift was various too. While most of people perceived the pitch falling ...
5 Erik Satie
... How strong are the forces of these ancient chants then that they have made their presence felt all the way into this, the age representing the beginnings of modern music as we recognize it today? While perhaps not thought of as being as important as let us say a Debussy or a Ravel, it is no overstat ...
... How strong are the forces of these ancient chants then that they have made their presence felt all the way into this, the age representing the beginnings of modern music as we recognize it today? While perhaps not thought of as being as important as let us say a Debussy or a Ravel, it is no overstat ...
Tonal desires
... found in Debussy’s piano music, theorist Dimitri Tymoczko presents a compelling idea: that these scales are formed from a set of “constraints” on the intervallic properties of the scales.9 The particular family of scales that he uncovers are termed “Pressing scales”, named after Australian jazz theo ...
... found in Debussy’s piano music, theorist Dimitri Tymoczko presents a compelling idea: that these scales are formed from a set of “constraints” on the intervallic properties of the scales.9 The particular family of scales that he uncovers are termed “Pressing scales”, named after Australian jazz theo ...
Lesson EEE: The Dominant Seventh Chord
... leading-tone adjusted forms, although both appear in other functional roles in a minor key (discussed in Lesson ???). Listen again to Example 8 and compare it to Example 10. Which version of the V chord has a stronger pull back to tonic? The addition of a leading tone gives Example 10 a strong sense ...
... leading-tone adjusted forms, although both appear in other functional roles in a minor key (discussed in Lesson ???). Listen again to Example 8 and compare it to Example 10. Which version of the V chord has a stronger pull back to tonic? The addition of a leading tone gives Example 10 a strong sense ...
HARMONIC ANALYSIS for Scale Selection and Chord Substitution BY CURT SHELLER
... diatonic is the most common harmonic principle. ...
... diatonic is the most common harmonic principle. ...
Lesson_CCC_-_The_Min..
... leading-tone adjusted forms, although both appear in other functional roles in a minor key (discussed in Lesson ???). Listen again to Example 8 and compare it to Example 10. Which version of the V chord has a stronger pull back to tonic? The addition of a leading tone gives Example 10 a strong sense ...
... leading-tone adjusted forms, although both appear in other functional roles in a minor key (discussed in Lesson ???). Listen again to Example 8 and compare it to Example 10. Which version of the V chord has a stronger pull back to tonic? The addition of a leading tone gives Example 10 a strong sense ...
the division of the monochord according
... Thus, there are three classes of those who are engaged in the musical art. The first class consists of those who perform on instruments, the second of those who compose songs, and the third of those who judge instrumental performance and song. But those of the class which is dependent upon instrume ...
... Thus, there are three classes of those who are engaged in the musical art. The first class consists of those who perform on instruments, the second of those who compose songs, and the third of those who judge instrumental performance and song. But those of the class which is dependent upon instrume ...
gregorian chant as a compositional element
... world in which they reside. It is only natural then that these new perceptions and beliefs be reflected in that which is so special to us as a species, our art. Music changed more between the years 1880 through 1920 then it had in any other time. This change was most apparent in the tonal organizati ...
... world in which they reside. It is only natural then that these new perceptions and beliefs be reflected in that which is so special to us as a species, our art. Music changed more between the years 1880 through 1920 then it had in any other time. This change was most apparent in the tonal organizati ...
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... Remark 3.5. The function int defined in the GIS for Z12 is the chromatic interval, that is to say, int(x, y) gives the number of half steps between the notes x and y, when we identify notes with elements of Z12 . However, the function int for the GIS of Z7 does not represent the chromatic intervals, ...
... Remark 3.5. The function int defined in the GIS for Z12 is the chromatic interval, that is to say, int(x, y) gives the number of half steps between the notes x and y, when we identify notes with elements of Z12 . However, the function int for the GIS of Z7 does not represent the chromatic intervals, ...
Early Polyphony - Scott Foglesong
... • Popular medieval melody • In this performance, sung as a round —like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” ...
... • Popular medieval melody • In this performance, sung as a round —like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” ...
The Influence of Gregorian Chant on Morten Lauridsen`s O Magnum
... line in such a way that it is accessible to the singer. These goals, despite being challenged by numerous movements emphasizing virtuosity, have influenced music composition well beyond the end of the Medieval era. This is due in part to the comprehensive rule system that was created to meet these ...
... line in such a way that it is accessible to the singer. These goals, despite being challenged by numerous movements emphasizing virtuosity, have influenced music composition well beyond the end of the Medieval era. This is due in part to the comprehensive rule system that was created to meet these ...
full PDF text of Leach 2006
... however, the quotation from Vergil taps into two deeply rooted discourses inherited from ancient Greek theory: the association of Phrygia—a province on the eastern edge of the Greek empire—with classic orientalist tropes of irregular sexual behavior, and the idea of small intervals, especially those ...
... however, the quotation from Vergil taps into two deeply rooted discourses inherited from ancient Greek theory: the association of Phrygia—a province on the eastern edge of the Greek empire—with classic orientalist tropes of irregular sexual behavior, and the idea of small intervals, especially those ...
Lindsey Steinbrunner
... also modified. The harmonies are tertian, quartal, or secundal and there are sudden tonal shifts. Time organization completely changes. Meters can by symmetric or asymmetric, may change frequently, and can be juxtaposed to create polymeters. The metric stress shifts to beats other than the strong be ...
... also modified. The harmonies are tertian, quartal, or secundal and there are sudden tonal shifts. Time organization completely changes. Meters can by symmetric or asymmetric, may change frequently, and can be juxtaposed to create polymeters. The metric stress shifts to beats other than the strong be ...
Echos
Echos (Greek: ἦχος, [ˈixos] ""sound""; pl. Echoi ἦχοι [ˈiçi], Old Church Slavonic: гласъ [glasŭ] ""voice, sound"") is the name in Byzantine music theory for a mode within the eight mode system (oktoechos), each of them ruling several melody types, and it is used in the melodic and rhythmic composition of Byzantine chant (""thesis of the melos""), differentiated according to the chant genre and according to the performance style (""method of the thesis""). It is akin to a Western medieval tonus, an Andalusian tab', an Arab naġam (since 1400 ""maqam""), or a Persian parde (since 18th century dastgâh).