Overtone scale: Difference between revisions
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* Experiment with using different pitches as the "tonic" of the scale (eg. '''sol lu ta do re mi fu sol''', which could be taken as the 7-note scale starting on '''sol'''). | * Experiment with using different pitches as the "tonic" of the scale (eg. '''sol lu ta do re mi fu sol''', which could be taken as the 7-note scale starting on '''sol'''). | ||
* Take subsets of larger scales, which are not strict adjacent overtone scales (eg. '''do re fe sol ta do'''). | * Take subsets of larger scales, which are not strict adjacent overtone scales (eg. '''do re fe sol ta do'''). | ||
* Learn the inversions of these scales, which would be '''undertone''' | * Learn the inversions of these scales, which would be '''[[undertone scales]]'''. (Undertone scales would have smaller steps at the bottom of the scale, which would get larger as one ascends.) | ||
* Borrow overtones & undertones from the overtones & undertones of the fundamental -- this process can produce rich fields of interlocking harmonic series, and is often the sort of thing that composers do when they're composing in just intonation. Harry Partch's "Monophonic Fabric," which consists of 43 unequal tones per octave, is one famous example. | * Borrow overtones & undertones from the overtones & undertones of the fundamental -- this process can produce rich fields of interlocking harmonic series, and is often the sort of thing that composers do when they're composing in just intonation. Harry Partch's "Monophonic Fabric," which consists of 43 unequal tones per octave, is one famous example. | ||