Set Theory: What it is and why I use it to Compose - Part 4
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Welcome to the final video in my series on Musical Set Theory. In previous videos, I've explained the basics of this theory and briefly discussed how it's used in music analysis. However, nothing I've said so far explains why I use it. I certainly don't use it for analysis, so why do I consider it important in my composition process? This is what I explain in this video.
Errata:
12:37 - Not to the last pc of the prime form but the last pc of the normal form!
0:00 - Introduction
3:21 - Reasons for using Set Theory
8:03 - Maps
9:10 - Color Tables
10:59 - Pc Set Calculator
You can also read a written version of the content of this video on my blog:
antoniogervasoni.wordpress.co... - Hudba
Thank you for the video! As a suggestion for the next topic, it’d be great to see some short composition exercise videos where you use set theory to compose short 8-16 bars passages.
You're welcome. It's a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion.
Great series Antonio. I will certainly give it a shot in one of my future compositions. It’s intriguing.
Grazie Antonio, serie molto interessante!
A question from an interested amateur in Sweden: How much is what you describe in these excelent videos related to George Perle´'s Twelvetone Tonality technique?
That is an interesting question. I know who Perle was but to be honest I don't know anything about his technique. I just found an article that explains it. I'll look into it to see if there's any connection.
@@AntonioGervasoni Thank you for your hasty answer. :)
I apologize for the delay. I'm teaching so many classes this semester that I didn't get to read the article before, but I just did. Perle's TTT (Twelve-Tone Tonality) also uses the concept of sets, but in Perle's system, sets are built following a set of rules (or at least, that's what I understand from the article). In Set Theory there are no rules for the construction of sets. But it is interesting to know that the concept has been used in other ways. I had no idea about that.