MAPPING MUSIC

Mapping the Music Universe

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Thomas S. Clark, DMA

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Prelude – “CARTE DU CIEL“

Mapping Music

Phase I – “STARS“

Time, Periodicity

1. TIME

Define time . . . perception . . . periodicity

2. RHYTHM

Pulse / beat . . . meter . . . accent

3. CHANGE

Primes . . . beyond meter, beyond time

Phase II – “CONSTELLATIONS“

Pitch, Symmetry

4. PITCH

Tuning . . . temperament

5. SCALES

Patterns . . . prototypes . . . sets

6. CHORDS

Interval arrays . . . inversion

7. HARMONY

Consonance . . . symmetry . . . color

8. TONALITY

Streams . . . 12-tones . . . variatio

Phase III – “GALAXIES“

Relativity – structure, form

9. LINE

Shape . . . turns . . . retracing

10. COUNTERPOINT

Congruence . . . refraction . . . canon

11. TEXTURE

Foreground/background . . . color

12. FORM

Modeling . . . density . . . fluctuation

Phase IV – “ASTROLABE“

Creativity – modeling music

MapLab 1. Generate a Gymnopédie

MapLab 2. Sketch a Song

MapLab 3. Construct a Canon

MapLab 4. Model a Metamorphosis

MapLab 5. Spin a Solo

MapLab 6. Paint a Landscape

MapLab 7. Twelve-Tonal Trichords in a Ternary Trio

MapLab 8. A Small Sonata