Prelude – “CARTE DU CIEL“
Time, Periodicity
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. TONAL DESIGN
Streams . . . 12-tone sets . . . varying arrays
9. CLUSTER CELLS
Molecules . . . cell classes
Phase III – “GALAXIES“
Relativity – structure, form
10. LINE
Shape . . . turns . . . retracing
11. COUNTERPOINT
Alignment . . . refraction . . . canon
12. TEXTURE
Sound color . . . pointillism
13. REPETITION
Cycle . . . phase . . . ostinato
14. SOUND MASS
Foreground / background . . . density
15. RELATIVITY
Fluctuation . . . macro-modeling
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