Pretty strait-forward, I must admit. Giovanni
———— Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com > On 14 Dec 2018, at 13:56, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
