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'''Ryan Pratt''' is a [[microtonal]] composer, music theorist, music educator and web tool developer. | '''Ryan Pratt''' is a [[microtonal]] composer, music theorist, music educator and web tool developer. | ||
He advocates for a | He advocates for a "top-down" model of harmony which he calls ''relative intonation''. In this model: | ||
* [[Interval]]s are understood through what [[fundamental]] they imply, rather than as fixed pitch points | * [[Interval]]s are understood through what [[fundamental]] they imply, rather than as fixed pitch points | ||
* Chord progressions work by re-contextualizing natural harmonics as partials of lower fundamentals, a new implied fundamental is a new chord | * Chord progressions work by re-contextualizing natural harmonics as partials of lower fundamentals, a new implied fundamental is a new chord | ||
Some of his compositions include ''Sadhana'' (2015) written using [[48edo]] | Some of his compositions include ''Sadhana'' (2015) written using [[48edo]] "eighth-tone" notation, and ''K. tracing'' (2015) which uses an [[empirical tuning]] derived from the [[partial]]s of a real violin. A full discography including more recent works can be found on his Soundcloud linked below. | ||
== | == External links == | ||
* [https:// | * [https://www.ryanpratt.work/ RyanPratt.work] – official website | ||
== | === Music === | ||
* [https://soundcloud.com/rhp2109 Soundcloud profile] | |||
=== Tools === | |||
* [https://ryanhpratt.github.io/maya/ Maya interval measuring device] | * [https://ryanhpratt.github.io/maya/ Maya interval measuring device] | ||
= | === Academic writing === | ||
== Academic writing == | |||
* [https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8XP753C ''Composition In Relative Intonation'' (2016)] | * [https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8XP753C ''Composition In Relative Intonation'' (2016)] | ||
* [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/article/relative-intonation-nonsymmetrical-implications-of-linear-and-logarithmic-intervallic-measurement/1D3C37CDC46FF8F494254997C666491F ''RELATIVE INTONATION: NON-SYMMETRICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LINEAR AND LOGARITHMIC INTERVALLIC MEASUREMENT'' (2023)] | * [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/article/relative-intonation-nonsymmetrical-implications-of-linear-and-logarithmic-intervallic-measurement/1D3C37CDC46FF8F494254997C666491F ''RELATIVE INTONATION: NON-SYMMETRICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LINEAR AND LOGARITHMIC INTERVALLIC MEASUREMENT'' (2023)] | ||
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