The Nine-Step Scale of Alexander Tcherepnin: Its Conception, Its
... collection of nine pitches, affectionately known by many as the “Tcherepnin Scale.” This collection, which is termed more generically the “nine-step scale,” is symmetrical in its construction. Having only four distinct transpositions, its structure can be viewed in a variety of ways. It is the combi ...
... collection of nine pitches, affectionately known by many as the “Tcherepnin Scale.” This collection, which is termed more generically the “nine-step scale,” is symmetrical in its construction. Having only four distinct transpositions, its structure can be viewed in a variety of ways. It is the combi ...
A SYMPHONY AT SEA: TONAL ANALOGUES IN DEBUSSY`S LA MER
... progresses through voice-leading, modulation, and pitch-class invariance, to end with an original theory of indecisive, multi-colored tonics. My basic assertion is that La mer‘s tonics change in two ways. While tonic pitch, color, and ―clarity‖ shift incessantly, particularly in Jeux de vagues, the ...
... progresses through voice-leading, modulation, and pitch-class invariance, to end with an original theory of indecisive, multi-colored tonics. My basic assertion is that La mer‘s tonics change in two ways. While tonic pitch, color, and ―clarity‖ shift incessantly, particularly in Jeux de vagues, the ...
eVirtuoso-Online Lessons Chords Lesson 3
... of Static Harmony (CESH). For example, playing a D major chord for several measures is a motionless chord progression because there is no motion or change in the chord progression. Instead, try a D/C#-D/C-D/B-D/Bb descending bass run to add more variety and interest. CESH chord progressions have a h ...
... of Static Harmony (CESH). For example, playing a D major chord for several measures is a motionless chord progression because there is no motion or change in the chord progression. Instead, try a D/C#-D/C-D/B-D/Bb descending bass run to add more variety and interest. CESH chord progressions have a h ...
... The treatment ofseventh chords is an important aspect ofmusical style. For exam ple, only sevenths built on scale degrees 2, 5, and 7appear frequently in Classical period music; yet we find seventh chords on all scale degrees in Romantic (1830-1910), jazz, and popular styles. In some styles, the d ...
Stravinsky and the Octatonic: A Reconsideration
... For many of the collections that might have seemed to be “obviously” octatonic in origin turn out to belong to more than one type of scale. The 6-z23[023568] hexachord, for example, appears in the melodic minor scale as well as the octatonic. (Other “typically octatonic” collections, such as the 4-1 ...
... For many of the collections that might have seemed to be “obviously” octatonic in origin turn out to belong to more than one type of scale. The 6-z23[023568] hexachord, for example, appears in the melodic minor scale as well as the octatonic. (Other “typically octatonic” collections, such as the 4-1 ...
The Creative Art of Clara Schumann (1819
... For Freidrich Wieck, concerts had two purposes: to impress audiences with his own and his daughter's talents and to fill the halls by presenting what the public was accustomed to hear. From the early stages of Clara's career her father, who was an astute businessman, knew very well that only virtuos ...
... For Freidrich Wieck, concerts had two purposes: to impress audiences with his own and his daughter's talents and to fill the halls by presenting what the public was accustomed to hear. From the early stages of Clara's career her father, who was an astute businessman, knew very well that only virtuos ...
avisonensemble.com reviews Charles Avison Concerti Grossi after
... in fact a combination of menuet and trio - one of the most popular forms of the emerging classical style. The way this theme with variations should be played is a bit of a problem. Mark Kroll sees performance on a harpsichord as a possibility, but considering the scoring of these concertos this seem ...
... in fact a combination of menuet and trio - one of the most popular forms of the emerging classical style. The way this theme with variations should be played is a bit of a problem. Mark Kroll sees performance on a harpsichord as a possibility, but considering the scoring of these concertos this seem ...
PDF - UNT Digital Library
... discusses ricercare by thematic device and structure.15 Included in his discussion are the real and tonal imitation of the subject, and stretto. However, he does not discuss the way that a subject works in the exposition. Nor does he discuss how the treatment of the subjects in the ricercar is simil ...
... discusses ricercare by thematic device and structure.15 Included in his discussion are the real and tonal imitation of the subject, and stretto. However, he does not discuss the way that a subject works in the exposition. Nor does he discuss how the treatment of the subjects in the ricercar is simil ...
Triads, 7th chords, the roman numeral harmony system, inversions
... together by their relationship to a single scale. The chords CM, Am, Dm, GM are all diatonic to (a part of) the C major scale or the A minor scale. Again, we can start to see and hear how at a level of harmony (multiple notes at once), music theory strives to explain how separate elements (the diffe ...
... together by their relationship to a single scale. The chords CM, Am, Dm, GM are all diatonic to (a part of) the C major scale or the A minor scale. Again, we can start to see and hear how at a level of harmony (multiple notes at once), music theory strives to explain how separate elements (the diffe ...
Tempo Ligeti the Postmodernist?
... there are always instruments and motifs which are more apparent to the ear; this is almost a chance-like function of Ligeti's orchestration. If all the instruments (or voices) are marked/>/», it is inevitable that the balance will not be completely equal (indeed this unevenness of balance is almost ...
... there are always instruments and motifs which are more apparent to the ear; this is almost a chance-like function of Ligeti's orchestration. If all the instruments (or voices) are marked/>/», it is inevitable that the balance will not be completely equal (indeed this unevenness of balance is almost ...
Brahms`s Poetic Allusions through Hanslick`s Critical Lens
... as blotting paper. These pages were left in the manuscript—and were inadvertently printed, too, as if they were part of it!”28 The result is that the full autobiography of the cat is fused with the fragmentary biography of Kapellmeister Kreisler. In Op. 118, No. 6 the performers and/or listeners are ...
... as blotting paper. These pages were left in the manuscript—and were inadvertently printed, too, as if they were part of it!”28 The result is that the full autobiography of the cat is fused with the fragmentary biography of Kapellmeister Kreisler. In Op. 118, No. 6 the performers and/or listeners are ...
Seventh Chords
... 1) When the V7 in first inversion occurs in the phrase, it follows the first inversion of the tonic and progresses to the tonic to root position. This progression is rare within the phrase. 2) The V7 in first inversion occurs occasionally at the beginning of a phrase, using the appoggiatura figu ...
... 1) When the V7 in first inversion occurs in the phrase, it follows the first inversion of the tonic and progresses to the tonic to root position. This progression is rare within the phrase. 2) The V7 in first inversion occurs occasionally at the beginning of a phrase, using the appoggiatura figu ...
Troubles with Tonal Terminology
... mary and secondary parameters… The primary parameters—melody, rhythm, harmony— are syntactic because they can define closure… The secondary parameters—tempo, dynamics, texture, timbre—are statistical rather than syn‐ tactic because they change only in quantity and therefore cannot create clo‐ sure ...
... mary and secondary parameters… The primary parameters—melody, rhythm, harmony— are syntactic because they can define closure… The secondary parameters—tempo, dynamics, texture, timbre—are statistical rather than syn‐ tactic because they change only in quantity and therefore cannot create clo‐ sure ...
Music Theory Unplugged Functional Harmony
... there is now a major second or minor second interval in the structure due to the distance of the seventh degree to the octave. In addition there are also a perfect fourth and a minor sixth intervals in the chord structure Another tip for future analysis is that if you are looking for the tonic/root ...
... there is now a major second or minor second interval in the structure due to the distance of the seventh degree to the octave. In addition there are also a perfect fourth and a minor sixth intervals in the chord structure Another tip for future analysis is that if you are looking for the tonic/root ...
CMR quartet article
... performances it has been absent from their repertoire. It was subsequently taken up by the Kreutzer Quartet, a younger British quartet based around the first violinist, Peter Sheppard Skærved, and in 1998 the Kreutzer Quartet released a CD (Metier MSV92011) of all Finnissy’s current music for string ...
... performances it has been absent from their repertoire. It was subsequently taken up by the Kreutzer Quartet, a younger British quartet based around the first violinist, Peter Sheppard Skærved, and in 1998 the Kreutzer Quartet released a CD (Metier MSV92011) of all Finnissy’s current music for string ...
Complex Chords Table of Content
... Four note chords are build the same way as triads, but they contain one more (major or minor) third, and therefore there are twice as much possible combinations as for triads. Not all these possible combinations are really useful in practice; in fact, some chords that do not consist exclusively of i ...
... Four note chords are build the same way as triads, but they contain one more (major or minor) third, and therefore there are twice as much possible combinations as for triads. Not all these possible combinations are really useful in practice; in fact, some chords that do not consist exclusively of i ...
Schulenberg: Clavichord, p. 1 When Did the Clavichord Become
... tool for private practice and study. Prior to the date of the Essay we have only indirectwitnesses to his use of the clavichord. Thus in seeking the origin of Bach's preference for the clavichord it is necessary to examine the music itself and its sources. Joel Speerstra has enumerated the bases on ...
... tool for private practice and study. Prior to the date of the Essay we have only indirectwitnesses to his use of the clavichord. Thus in seeking the origin of Bach's preference for the clavichord it is necessary to examine the music itself and its sources. Joel Speerstra has enumerated the bases on ...
Claude Debussy The Piano Music
... mystery here is enhanced by the burial of the principal line in the middle of the opening chords, from which it emerges in the third bar. According to one of Debussy’s biographers, the title refers to a sculpture of three dancers in the Louvre. The title Voiles (Sails or Veils) continues to be the s ...
... mystery here is enhanced by the burial of the principal line in the middle of the opening chords, from which it emerges in the third bar. According to one of Debussy’s biographers, the title refers to a sculpture of three dancers in the Louvre. The title Voiles (Sails or Veils) continues to be the s ...
beethoven - mshumanities
... It wasn't just his deafness that was an issue. At the age of 35, Beethoven pulled himself back from the edge of potential suicide. Instead of allowing deafness to overwhelm him, he began a period of prodigious - and brilliant - composition. In the early nineteenth century, Europe was in chaos. Beeth ...
... It wasn't just his deafness that was an issue. At the age of 35, Beethoven pulled himself back from the edge of potential suicide. Instead of allowing deafness to overwhelm him, he began a period of prodigious - and brilliant - composition. In the early nineteenth century, Europe was in chaos. Beeth ...
The Case of Guillaume Lekeu`s String Quartet
... outlined above that Lekeu’s decision to compose a multi-movement string quartet was intricately linked to the project begun with the Méditation and would possibly employ a somewhat similar musical style. Thus, it is surprising that Lekeu chose instead to abandon his characteristic post-Romantic flai ...
... outlined above that Lekeu’s decision to compose a multi-movement string quartet was intricately linked to the project begun with the Méditation and would possibly employ a somewhat similar musical style. Thus, it is surprising that Lekeu chose instead to abandon his characteristic post-Romantic flai ...
Beethoven - mshumanities
... It wasn't just his deafness that was an issue. At the age of 35, Beethoven pulled himself back from the edge of potential suicide. Instead of allowing deafness to overwhelm him, he began a period of prodigious - and brilliant - composition. In the early nineteenth century, Europe was in chaos. Beeth ...
... It wasn't just his deafness that was an issue. At the age of 35, Beethoven pulled himself back from the edge of potential suicide. Instead of allowing deafness to overwhelm him, he began a period of prodigious - and brilliant - composition. In the early nineteenth century, Europe was in chaos. Beeth ...
How Music Works
... tunings for certain kinds of music, such as those sung by an a cappella choir. During the Baroque period, composers needed to make alterations in these pure tunings to allow modulations to more distant keys. Various new systems were developed that alter some intervals from pure ratios and are called ...
... tunings for certain kinds of music, such as those sung by an a cappella choir. During the Baroque period, composers needed to make alterations in these pure tunings to allow modulations to more distant keys. Various new systems were developed that alter some intervals from pure ratios and are called ...
Anton Bruckner - Holy Minimalist
... with the religious minimalists, Glass's work clearly shows spiritual interests. One thinks of his opera Satyagraha (1979), based on the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi. Perhaps the foremost rebuttal to any analysis of Bruckner's work along minimalist lines is the very length and densely-textured ...
... with the religious minimalists, Glass's work clearly shows spiritual interests. One thinks of his opera Satyagraha (1979), based on the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi. Perhaps the foremost rebuttal to any analysis of Bruckner's work along minimalist lines is the very length and densely-textured ...
Book 3 - Advanced
... 2. Organise your study and practice to avoid the trap of wasting time. Ask yourself whether you are really learning or thinking – or are you merely frittering away your time? 3. Understanding is the key to learning and remembering. If you understand a principle, it is easy to remember it and apply i ...
... 2. Organise your study and practice to avoid the trap of wasting time. Ask yourself whether you are really learning or thinking – or are you merely frittering away your time? 3. Understanding is the key to learning and remembering. If you understand a principle, it is easy to remember it and apply i ...
Sonata form
Sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a large-scale musical structure used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period).While it is typically used in the first movement of multi-movement pieces, it is sometimes used in subsequent movements as well—particularly the final movement. The teaching of sonata form in music theory rests on a standard definition and a series of hypotheses about the underlying reasons for the durability and variety of the form—a definition that arose in the second quarter of the 19th century. There is little disagreement that on the largest level, the form consists of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation; however, beneath this, sonata form is difficult to pin down in a single model.The standard definition focuses on the thematic and harmonic organization of tonal materials that are presented in an exposition, elaborated and contrasted in a development and then resolved harmonically and thematically in a recapitulation. In addition, the standard definition recognizes that an introduction and a coda may be present. Each of the sections is often further divided or characterized by the particular means by which it accomplishes its function in the form.Since its establishment, the sonata form became the most common form in the first movement of works entitled ""sonata"", as well as other long works of classical music, including the symphony, concerto, string quartet, and so on. Accordingly, there is a large body of theory on what unifies and distinguishes practice in the sonata form, both within eras and between eras. Even works that do not adhere to the standard description of a sonata form often present analogous structures or can be analyzed as elaborations or expansions of the standard description of sonata form.