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Bryce Canyon. CalPerformances , Jan 31, 2016. St. Louis Symphony performs: Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992) “From the Canyons to the Stars” (1971-74) modern music supported with images and videos. CS 39R. Translatory Symmetries (Regularity) in Musical Scales. What is this ?.
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CalPerformances, Jan 31, 2016 St. Louis Symphony performs: Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992) “From the Canyons to the Stars” (1971-74) modern music supported with images and videos
CS 39R Translatory Symmetries (Regularity) in Musical Scales What is this ?
(One Octave of) Today’s Piano Scale Who defines the frequencies?
Many Different Scale Systems ! Twelve equal-ratioed steps: 12th root(2)
Equal Tempered Piano Scale Twelve equal-ratioed steps: 12th root(2) Johann Sebastian Bach
How Well Does This Work? Frequency Mismatch (%)
Who Defines Which Tones to Use? Many Scales:
Some Select Scales: Which ones have the best translatory symmetry?
Whole-Tone Music Let’s use mostly full steps! Claude Debussy
12-Tone Music Let’s use all the tones equally! Arnold Schoenberg
Other “Tone Symmetries”? … inspired me to look at scales with high translatory symmetry.Found: “Diminished Scale” Oliver Messiaen
What Scale Do YOU Propose? Select a subset of tones … Check it out: http://virtualpiano.net/