Microtonalis: A Systematic Approach to Microtonal Composition - Softcover

Jones, Jesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659254150 ISBN 13: 9783659254154

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Microtonalis is a complement to existing (Western) microtonal methods, which usually focus on either the quality of tuning ratios, via the harmonic series (i.e. the American model), or the spectral analysis of sound (i.e. the French model). Both of these approaches, while hugely important, are very vertical in nature, and rarely devote attention to the ability of microtones to move and function on the linear plane. This study proposes and delineates a method, or technical structure, whereby the horizontal movement of microtones, in both melodic and harmonic contexts, can be effectively and easily achieved.

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About the Author

Jesse Jones, DMA (b.1978), composer, conductor. Winner of the Rome Prize (American Academy in Rome), the Charles Ives Scholarship (American Academy of Arts and Letters), the Heckscher Prize, and a Barlow Endowment Commission. Studied at Cornell University. Currently Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of South Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659254150
• ISBN 13: 9783659254154
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88