The Arithmetic of Listening : Tuning Theory and History for the Impractical Musician /

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"Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus, says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken for granted, so shoved into the corners of musical discourse. A classroom essential and an invaluable reference, The Arithmetic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gann, Kyle (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Musical intervals and scales.
Microtones.
Microtonal music.
MUSIC > General.
Micro-intervalles.
Musique microtonale > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Intervalles et gammes.
Microtonal music > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Cosmic Joke; 2. The Harmonic Series; 3. Generating Scales; Interlude A: Ptolemy and Ancient Greek "Parts"; 4. The Pythagorean Scale; Interlude B: Guillaume de Machaut's Notre Dame Mass; 5. The Five Limit, The Second Dimension; Interlude C: Some Modern Five-Limit Notions; 6. Meantone Temperament and the Primacy of Thirds; Interlude D: Meantone Examples; 7. Well Temperament and Key Color; Interlude E: Bach, Beethoven, and Temperament; 8. Twelve-Step Equal Temperament
  • 9. The Seven Limit and Johnston NotationInterlude F: La Monte Young's The Well-Tuned Piano; Interlude G: Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 4; 10. The Eleven Limit and the Fourth Dimension; Interlude H: Harry Partch; 11. The Thirteen Limit and Beyond; Interlude I: Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 7, Movement 3; Interlude J: Kyle Gann's Hyperchromatica; Interlude K: Toby Twining's Chrysalid Requiem; 12. Non-Twelve-Divisible Equal Temperaments; Interlude L: Nicola Vicentino's Archicembalo; 13. Twelve-Based Equal Temperaments
  • Interlude M: Some Quarter-Tone Impressions (Hába, Ives, Wyschnegradsky)Interlude N: Ezra Sims's String Quartet No. 5; 14. A Few Numbers Drawn from Non-Western Musics; 15. Brief Miscellaneous Thoughts; Appendix; Notes; Glossary of Tuning Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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