In music theory, the complete set of pitches used is called… (wait for it!)…
a set. Yup, that’s the official music theory jargon term. Sometimes when other items are involved, you have to specify “pitch set”, but that’s all it is. Christopher > On Dec 14, 2018, at 4:50 AM, Giovanni Andreani <l...@giovanniandreani.com> > wrote: > > If possible, this question is for those fond of the theoretical aspect of > music. Not merely related to Finale, although I thought that this list’s > opinion could favour some remarkable responses. > How would you define, in a generic way, a set of notes to be used for > composing a melody? For example, how could C,D,E,G,A - forming a pentatonic > scale - or C,D,E,F,G - forming a major pentachord - or A#,B,C - forming a > cromatic trichord - be commonly defined ? I can’t find a satisfying > definition: 'melodic structure’ implies aspects more related to the > architechture of the composition, ‘series' implies a set of sounds to be > taken in a particular order. “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman” is composed using the > first six notes of a major scale, thus forming an hexachord, but how would it > generally be defined? > > Giovanni > > ———— > > > Giovanni Andreani > > www.giovanniandreani.com > www.ga-music.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
