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all-interval rows

🔗Christopher Bailey <cb202@columbia.edu>

11/20/2002 4:14:33 PM

> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:48:05 -0800
> From: John Chalmers <JHCHALMERS@UCSD.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Digest Number 2324--All Interval Rows
>

These are interesting data.

I think Bob (Morris) also came up with an algorithm for the opposite of
all-interval rows, super-saturated rows. (I can't remember the name of
the relevant article.)

My new piece Sand (which I hope to post on the web soon as I can get to a
Mp3-converter) uses a 19-tet row saturated with what I call "013[12]"
"sound-alikes". I.e. take the set 013 in 12tet, and find sets that
"sound like it" in 19tet.

That gives you 025 (closest), 015 (nice tinge to it), 014 (getting
harsh.) then come up with a row saturated with these--preferably with
more 025s than 015s than 014s.

I have a page up about this somewhere. I think it's at

http://music.columbia.edu/~chris/base.array.html

It's an old document (3 years old) and the latter part of it doesn't
really apply to my new piece. but the dinky row diagram at the opening
does.