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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"pentatonic"”.
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Over the Desolation of Wildness Caresses the April Breeze
… this piece expands two traditional Chinese pentatonic scales into nonatonic modes. For instance, the original pentatonic mode–comprising C, D, E, G, and A–is expanded into a nonatonic scale consisting of E♭, F, A♭, B♭, C, D, E, G, and A, with C as its center and point of symmetry. These …
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Sprout
… an ambiguous atmosphere. The piccolo plays the pentatonic motivation in the extreme high register, which is contrasting to strings. This motive is gradually derived from winds to brass, strings, and constant variations to make texture dense. In this development process, the sound of percussions …
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A dissertation lecture recital of Javanese gamelan elements in Godowsky's Java Suite
… 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 gamelan, notably …
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Snow Spell: An Interactive Composition for Erhu, Flute, Piano, Cello, and Max/MSP
… Chinese music elements in Snow Spell including pentatonic scales, glissandi, and quotations from the Chinese folk tune River of Sorrow are investigated.
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Gumiho: how I tried to give up eating human livers and love someone: an opera in two acts
… with specific pitch sets, such as a descending pentatonic scale (though not the familiar pentatonic scale used in Korean folk songs). Other pitch sets are developed in different ways by the instruments and singers to represent different dramatic situations. For example [0258] alternates with …
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Memories of My Hometown
… material of this movement derives from the pentatonic scales commonly employed in folk songs. Compared with the scholarly melody of the first movement symbolizes self-restraint and fortitude, the folk material of the second movement represents vibrant energy. These pentatonic scales leap …
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Jujube
… jazz swing style, joined by the piano's Chinese pentatonic harmonies. The double bass holds the rhythm steady. Drums and wood block alternate between jazz and Chinese rhythms. As the end of the piece, a vibrant jazz showcase featuring the alto saxophone, trumpet, and piano emerges, with the …
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"Compositional Design Elements and Stylistic Influences in Benjamin Britten's ""A Boy Was Born"
… of the following compositional design elements: pentatonic collections, ostinato, non-tertian harmony, the creation and manipulation of musical motives and cells, discrete use of 'stillness', and the layering of multiple elements. The dissertation will put the composition in the context of …
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Calming The Waves Double Wind Orchestra
… his tolerant attitude, introducing a new fast pentatonic melody as the image of the rain comes up with some variations of the folk melody. Finally, the third part (mm. 370-420) is relatively static, mainly played by harp and percussions with colorful harmonies provided by strings in the …
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Peter Lieberson's First Piano Concerto: A Buddhist-inspired poetic vision realized through twelve-tone language, other contemporary compositional techniques, together with three recitals of works by Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Albéniz, Grieg, Ginastera and Paderecki
… twelve-tone theory and the resulting octatonic, pentatonic, and whole-tone scales. Chapter IV introduces a general overview of the influence of Buddhism as a source of inspiration in the Piano Concerto. Chapter V examines aspects of performance practice issues. Chapter VI provides conclusions. …
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A study of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Richard Danielpour
… collections (e.g. octatonic, whole-tone, and pentatonic scales). A final chapter takes up general issues of relationships between and among the movements, focused on Danielpour’s stylistic characteristics found in the Quintet for Piano and Strings.
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Exploring Cross-Cultural Elements, Performance Practice, and Performance Guide to China West Suite by Chen Yi
… how Chen Yi incorporates folk elements, such as pentatonic scales and folk elements, into a western compositional framework. Additionally, this study provides insights into the technical and interpretative challenges of the pieces, offering practical performance guidance for pianists.This study …
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Shadow of dew drops for piano trio
… is based on, but not limited to the Chinese pentatonic scales. The chord structures are complex because of the use of stacked seconds. Also, using different combinations of timbre and extended techniques (such as sul pont., sul tasto, harmonic, harmonic glissando, tremolo with glissando, …
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Symphonic Poem No. 1, Poems on Stone Drums, for Full Orchestra
… permutations in the foreground and two Chinese pentatonic scales (CDFGA and C#D#F#G#A#) with their transpositions and permutations in the background.
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Sinfonietta for wind ensemble augmented with string quartet
… available with this instrumentation. The pentatonic melodies, open harmonic intervals, and regular phrase structure serve as building blocks for the music. The sound of the human voice, integral to the singing of folk tunes, is embraced in the ornamentation of the solo lines. Along with …
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A Faint Light
… dance-like motive with irregular accents, and a pentatonic thematic melody. The two materials have been developed throughout the piece. The motive was derived from a sacrifice dance from Yunnan, a province located in southwest China. The thematic melody was inspired by a Chinese fairy tale about …
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Whispers of the North: Zhou Long’s Partita for Violin and Piano
… combining Chinese folk elements such as pentatonic scales, imitation of traditional Chinese instruments, and unconventional tonalities with contemporary Western compositional techniques. In this title, Whispers suggests a soft, intimate voice — a metaphor for the subtle, lyrical …
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Antumbra - Concerto for Classical Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
… with the more resonant major and minor pentatonic modes, which symbolize peace and stability in the work. This concerto for classical guitar and chamber orchestra employs every performer in the ensemble as both soloist and accompanist at different times throughout the piece. The …
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Works for Violin and Piano by French Composers, 1870-1950
… uncommon scales such as whole tone, modal and pentatonic. The music evokes moods and atmospheres through rich and varied harmonies and tone colors. Ravel and Milhaud applied such fresh elements as folk songs, dance rhythms, and multiple tonal centers into their personal styles. In his Tzigane, …
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'n stylkritiese studie van Maurice Durufle se orrelwerke
… qualities. Tonality freely mixed with modality, pentatonic scales and Impressionistic harmonies are important characteristics of his music. Other important features in this regard are the succession of unrelated keys and chords and the use of colourful and expressive chromaticism. Durufle treats …
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