[LAU] [ot]: literature on arrangment/composition

Chuckk Hubbard badmuthahubbard at gmail.com
Sat Oct 20 07:46:11 EDT 2007


Sorry, Julien, I read your response after posting mine.  I guess the Harry
Partch book won't help you much, but I know there is some good info about
musical interval ratios online.  I'll let you know if I turn up anything.

-Chuckk

On 10/20/07, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To really understand the process of being affected by music, I recommend
> this subject:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology
> Some of the illustrations there are very educational; the same processes
> all apply to auditory stimuli, and are key to understanding the experience
> of expectation, surprise, familiarity, resolution, etc. in people listening
> to music.  Or google "law of pragnanz" or "gestalt perception".
>
> I also highly recommend Harry Partch's 'Genesis of a Music', which will
> explain to you the significance of all of the intervals in modern music.
> It's impossible to really understand what you're doing without some idea of
> why different intervals have different effects, different levels of
> consonance, etc.  There are some fragmented resources online, if you search
> for "musical interval", "frequency ratio", "just intonation", or some
> combination of those things.  Just knowing B flat, F sharp, D sharp, etc.
> doesn't help you understand much.
>
> If you like, you can then apply this knowledge to the ABC's and treble
> clef stuff, but learning that system alone doesn't tell you much about
> what's really happening.  Most "music theory" books and classes focus on the
> vocabulary, rather than the theory.
>
> -Chuckk
>
> On 10/19/07, Julien Claassen <julien at c-lab.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >   Does anyone know some nice internet literature on composition? to be
> > more
> > precise I'm looking for a book/guide to arrangements/harmony. I found a
> > practical book on composition, as used in German, the act of creating a
> > piece,
> > general temporal structure, musical figures and gestures, but it seems
> > to lack
> > the special aspect I'm looking for.
> >   If anyone knows something helpful, please tell me.
> >   Kindest regards
> >         Julien
> >
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