More Patterns

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Continuing some ideas from my last post, here are some examples of combining intervals.  Instead of parallel thirds, I’m alternating between thirds and sixths: And here’s a pattern derived from that: Now, maybe if we were looking for something a bit more modern, we could try other intervals.  How about seconds and fourths? And the [...]

Make Your Own Polyphonic Patterns

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 I’ve been leafing though a book called "Gehörbildung" by Ulrich Kaise.  It’s a pretty interesting take on ear-training, though a little hard to read for me since it’s in German. The second half of the book deals with 2 simultaneous voices, and he mentions some figures from "Dritten Theil des sich selbst informierenden Clavier-Spieler" by Michael [...]