Thank you all, I think ’set’ will suit! Giovanni
———— Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com > On 17 Dec 2018, at 11:08, Giovanni Andreani <l...@giovanniandreani.com> wrote: > > 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 <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> >> 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 <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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
