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Is that a sum of the pitch-frequencies?
What purpose does it serve?
Tnx

Здравствуй! IMHO the answer lies in the title: it's an artistic *concept*, not a completely scietifically based system. All those explanations (most of which involve mention of harmonics), are problematic, not just for myself (may I suggest the book by James Beament). A true scientific explanation o...

All the best to everyone!
m

It is two different things I beleive.
Haven't seen Isaac's work,
but regarding Jeff Brent's web page - don't worry,
it's completely insignificant stuff.

I first studied the 4th ed then got the 1st too.
FWIW I much prefer the 1st ed, for my brain it was easier, more clear and faster...

I hear this as Gmaj7b5/Db Probably just a typo isn't it? His voicing: Db11(b5) voiced as Db g b Eb Gb. would corespond to GMaj7 # 5/Db, that is just how I took it... @Salkur I don't know why ML said that, but I agree with you about that voicing not being ambiguous. But who knows, a single word can ...

Well, I found this post: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?61006-Equal-Division-of-the-Octave-(EDO)&p=663792&viewfull=1#post663792 The whole discussion there is a bit too complex for me at the moment, so I didn't follow the whole story. But as an experiment this morning I took a ...

Interesting! I miss ML and his insights here. I'll search for the discussion at AAJ...

Been listening and playing with it a little, here is order of preference for my ears (for stated voicing of 11b5): definitely primarily at home as II, excellent (secondary use) as VI or III, getting borderline as +IV, VII or V on the other hand less good @bII a bit harsh in other roles (I, IV, bVII,...

For me 7#5 primarily belongs to group III, not +V. I see it is possible to use any chord in any possible way and in different contexts, but when talking about it's sole primary character that is how I hear and see it. Chords that I'd call ambiguous are: aug (no seventh), dim and 7b5. But maybe I hav...

Hi!

This is how I currently see these tonesets:

11(b5)
primairly belongs to group II, and is quite similar in its nature to 11 voiced without the 5th

7#9#5
primarily belongs to group III

9b5
primarily belongs to group II

Check yourself, and let me know if you disagree.

All the best,

m

I agree, but what to do...?

Hi Fer!
The more I look into tonal gravity / lcc, the more I feel and beleive that scales are not important at all. You choose whatever set of tones you want, and tonal gravity tells you how far from any chosen tonal center that set is...

At first I wasn't so crazy about this, but now having seen it labeled on screen it really does look fun!!
And everything about music and all art should be fun in some way, even when it's serious
All the best,
m

Thanks for sharing! Looks like a very useful procedure.
Though I note that once upon a time when composer wrote Db, that really meant Db / not C#...
I'd be interested in how meticulous George Russell was about this...