{"title":"DIAHEMITONIC MODALITY: A QUARTER-TONAL COMPOSITION SYSTEM","authors":"Simon M Kaplan","doi":"10.1017/S0040298223000359","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article describes a design process for a composition system based upon the quarter-tone scale. As the semitone and quarter-tone scales share the same properties, a musical grammar based upon the former is used as a model to construct an analogous musical grammar based upon the latter. Within the scope of diatonic modal music, the organisation of pitches and durations is analysed from a scientific perspective. Several parameters are taken into consideration: scale, mode, chord, cadence, metre and rhythm. The one-to-one mapping of each facet of diatonic modality onto quarter-tonality results in diahemitonic modality.","PeriodicalId":22355,"journal":{"name":"Tempo","volume":"77 1","pages":"69 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tempo","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298223000359","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MUSIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This article describes a design process for a composition system based upon the quarter-tone scale. As the semitone and quarter-tone scales share the same properties, a musical grammar based upon the former is used as a model to construct an analogous musical grammar based upon the latter. Within the scope of diatonic modal music, the organisation of pitches and durations is analysed from a scientific perspective. Several parameters are taken into consideration: scale, mode, chord, cadence, metre and rhythm. The one-to-one mapping of each facet of diatonic modality onto quarter-tonality results in diahemitonic modality.
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Tempo is the premier English-language journal devoted to twentieth-century and contemporary concert music. Literate and scholarly articles, often illustrated with music examples, explore many aspects of the work of composers throughout the world. Written in an accessible style, approaches range from the narrative to the strictly analytical. Tempo frequently ventures outside the acknowledged canon to reflect the diversity of the modern music scene. Issues feature interviews with leading composers, a tabulated news section, and lively and wide-ranging reviews of recent recordings, books and first performances around the world. Selected issues also contain specially-commissioned music supplements.