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==A Four-part Round in [[17-EDO]] by Jacob Barton== ===Why a round?=== In my microtonal journeying, I find composing and performing rounds useful in a few ways: * Rounds have a built-in repeat, which means less starting and stopping in the course of rehearsing * Rounds require multiple people or groups, standing on their own in counterpoint, which means every round is yet another opportunity to need your friends * Rounds are "not-yet-music"—they have flexible instrumentation and form, which means more creative decisions to be made by the performing group in the course of rehearsing * Rounds enable adventures in paradoxical listening—multiple instances of a single melody gradually unfold a counterpoint, then a harmony * Rounds enable collaboration between different levels of musicianship. ===Why 17?=== This round is born of looking at what two systems--17-EDO and Just Intonation--do to each other. 17-EDO becomes a way of looking at Just Intonation, and vice versa. The harmony of this round is based on an understanding of the 6:7:9:11 tetrad (degrees 0-4-10-15 of 17-EDO, measure 1), which I sometimes call the "train whistle" chord. Fun fact: This round was written as a preliminary exercise for The Elitism Rumba. Visit [[SeventeenTheory]] for information about the notation used below. There are other ways to notate this. ===Score=== [[image:multiverse.jpg width="800" height="565"]] Also in PDF:[[file:multiverse.pdf]] ===Recordings=== * [[http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=145852&songID=6014186|Old basic version]] > Newer, orchestrated minus-one version: [[media type="file" key="multiverse_jmx.mp3" width="240" height="20"]] ===Translations=== Ideally, this would be sung in multiple languages. French, Korean, Estonian translations forthcoming.
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In my microtonal journeying, I find composing and performing rounds useful in a few ways:<br />
<ul><li>Rounds have a built-in repeat, which means less starting and stopping in the course of rehearsing</li><li>Rounds require multiple people or groups, standing on their own in counterpoint, which means every round is yet another opportunity to need your friends</li><li>Rounds are "not-yet-music"—they have flexible instrumentation and form, which means more creative decisions to be made by the performing group in the course of rehearsing</li><li>Rounds enable adventures in paradoxical listening—multiple instances of a single melody gradually unfold a counterpoint, then a harmony</li><li>Rounds enable collaboration between different levels of musicianship.</li></ul><br />
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This round is born of looking at what two systems--17-EDO and Just Intonation--do to each other. 17-EDO becomes a way of looking at Just Intonation, and vice versa. The harmony of this round is based on an understanding of the 6:7:9:11 tetrad (degrees 0-4-10-15 of 17-EDO, measure 1), which I sometimes call the "train whistle" chord.<br />
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Fun fact: This round was written as a preliminary exercise for The Elitism Rumba.<br />
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Visit <a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTheory">SeventeenTheory</a> for information about the notation used below. There are other ways to notate this.<br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=145852&songID=6014186" rel="nofollow">Old basic version</a><br />
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Ideally, this would be sung in multiple languages. French, Korean, Estonian translations forthcoming.</body></html>