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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"diatonic"”.
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A pedagogical guide for teaching diatonic modality in the college music theory curriculum
… marginalizing other types of scales such as diatonic modes. Common undergraduate theory textbooks that include the introduction of modality often only list the basic modal and scalar structures without offering further analysis and application; many other textbooks do not mention the term at …
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The Significance of Kenny Wheeler in the Evolution of Jazz Compozition from Diatonic Chromatic Background
… to shed some light on the relationship of diatonicism and chromaticism, but not in a surface way. In the action of moving through this paper it is hoped that a more subtle background idea of chromaticism can be seen that is still within the realm of perceived tonality. It is an improvisers …
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An Investigation of the Influence of Fixed-do and Movable-do Solfège Systems on Sight-Singing Pitch Accuracy for Various Levels of Diatonic and Chromatic Complexity
… results for music with medium to high levels of diatonic and chromatic complexity.</p> <p>The purpose of this quantitative, ex post facto study was to investigate the influence of diatonic and chromatic complexity on sight-singing pitch accuracy for college music major students in a Northern …
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Structural Octatonicism in Cindy McTee's Symphony No.1: Ballet for Orchestra
… from the octatonic collections that contain both diatonic and non-diatonic relationships in the themes, harmonic content, and larger structure of the symphony. Because the octatonic collections contain the potential for both diatonic and non-diatonic relationships, the piece is argued to have …
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Properties and Generative Methods of Scales and Sets
… within two branches of set theory: chromatic and diatonic. Although the approaches scholars have taken in organizing properties can be classified as diatonic or chromatic, the sets themselves do not necessarily map completely into one or the other, which is to say that a single set may be …
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The cognitive organisation of musical pitch
… significant aspect of tonal pitch organisation, diatonic structure, is neither adequately investigated nor provided with any compelling rationale by these studies. Three series of experiments on the perception and representation of diatonic structure are presented: it is suggested that the …
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Teaching method for reading musical notation and sightsinging, including its application in contemporary non-tonal music
… to the Tonic Solfa System. Designed for diatonic music, does not work with non-distonic. A comparison of various fixed name system. (a) English letter names. ( b) German letter names. ( c) French solfege. ( d) Siler's Safa System. Methods used: 1. Safa or Safa and Solfa syllables. 2. …
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Teaching method for reading musical notation and sightsinging, including its application in contemporary non-tonal music
… to the Tonic Solfa System. Designed for diatonic music, does not work with non-distonic. A comparison of various fixed name system. (a) English letter names. ( b) German letter names. ( c) French solfege. ( d) Siler's Safa System. Methods used: 1. Safa or Safa and Solfa syllables. 2. …
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Remystifying Scriabin: Scalar Quality in the Late Works
… with sonic characteristics abstracted from diatonic tonality (seventh types and unstable ‘rare-interval’ tritones). Thus, one potential tension/relaxation dynamic possible between non-diatonic collections is uncovered, sensitive to both intervallic content and spacing/voicing parameters. …
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A dissertation lecture recital of Javanese gamelan elements in Godowsky's Java Suite
… the gamelan sound world on the piano—including diatonic and pentatonic harmony, quartal chords, melodic stratification, and gamelan mediating techniques such as pipilan, gembyangan, and imbal-imbalan. I also contextualized Godowsky's approach against contemporaneous Western engagements with …
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The Chromatic Guitar Method
… for guitar as the standard methods which take a diatonic approach to instruction create confusion and are simply out of date. These methods are no longer relevant to the modern guitar student In establishing a context for my pedagogical method, the philosophical foundations of using a chromatic …
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Paradoja
… is based on a combination and juxtaposition of diatonic and non-diatonic collections that interact with each other. Paradoja: Concerto for Orchestra is examined in two broad categories. The first is a structural analysis, which includes details of form and pitch selection such as pitch …
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To the Forgotten : for orchestra
… in this carnival-like section contrast with the diatonically grounded last section in which the diatonic persistency on E flat, articulated by a transparent texture, resolves the preceding harmonic dissonance. In the coda, the return of the opening gesture, accompanied by the sustained diatonic …
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COMPARING TRADITIONAL AND MODERN TRENDS IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION
… showcase classic chord-scale relations, diatonic chord harmony, consistent rhythms with spacious phrasing, and recalled material. The newer transcriptions consist more of dense harmony, scales independent from the composed material, unpredictable, complex rhythms, and continuous new …
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Pop goes the theory: incorporating popular music into the undergraduate music theory curriculum
… organized into three chapters (fundamentals, diatonic harmony, and chromatic harmony), along with suggestions of how to use each example to maximize its educational benefit.
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Byzantine Music Intervals: An Experimental Signal Processing Approach
… of the first five tones (D – A) of the diatonic scale of Byzantine Music. Then we compared the experimentally derived frequencies with frequencies proposed by two theoretical scales, both representative of traditional Byzantine Music chanting. We found that if a scale is performed by a …
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Sonority and Linear Structure in Three Early Works of Olivier Messiaen
… analysis, informed by the interaction of diatonic and octatonic collections, and set-class analysis. The latter approach incorporates the harmonic complexity index (HCI) as an innovative harmonic measure calculated from the interval-class vector of each set-class. Informed by established …
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Sonata for Piano (1963) by Sergei Michailovich Slonimsky: Musical Analysis and Discussion on Interpretation and Performance
… extensive use of Russian folk elements such as diatonic melodies, sigh motives, parallel triads, and simultaneous use of the lower third with the major triad is pointed out. The rest of the paper focuses on issues of interpretation and performance. Special notice is given to the problem of …
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Motivic, rhythmic, and harmonic procedures of unification in Stephen Sondheim's Company and A little night music
… revealing a decided preference for extended diatonic and chromatically-altered chords. He uses simple, "pure" triadic harmony on relatively few occasions. He often uses his dense harmoric structures to reflect the tension inherent in the dramatic situation.
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Applications of Béla Bartók's techniques of pitch organisation to jazz improvisation
… ‘mistuning’, ‘chromatic compression and diatonic extension’, ‘polymodal chromaticism’, and ‘inversional symmetry’. These four techniques inform a reflexive practice-led research project developing a collection of practice methods aimed at internalising and executing the techniques in …
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