Genesis Of A MusicPartch explains the philosophy of composition that underlies the forty-three tone works and instruments he has created. |
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Genesis Of A Music: An Account Of A Creative Work, Its Roots, And Its ... Harry Partch No preview available - 1979 |
Genesis Of A Music: An Account Of A Creative Work, Its Roots, And Its ... Harry Partch No preview available - 1979 |
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actually ancient approximately bamboo Bass become blocks called cello cents century Chapter chord Chromelodeon comparative composer concept considered consonance course cycles Diagram effect Equal Temperament exactly example experience expressed fact fifth final five four fourth frequency give given Greek half hand harmonic Harmonic Canon hear heard higher human idea identities implied inches indicated instrument intervals intonation involved Italy keyboard keys Kithara least length less limit lower lowest major Marimba means minor Monophonic musicians natural notation observations Odentity organ Otonality partials performance pitch playing possible practice present produced Proportion Pythagorean question ratios record relation represents resonator result scale Scene Science sense sequence shows sound string successive theorists theory third tonality tone triad true tuning twelve unity Utonality vibrations voice wave writes