Fwd: Re: con/dis chord progression chart

>From: "Stephen Szpak" <stephen_szpak@hotmail.com>
>To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
>CC: szpakmusic@hotmail.com
>Subject: Fwd: Re: con/dis chord progression chart
>Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:39:50 -0500
>
>--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Pehrson" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
>--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "stephenszpak" <stephen_szpak@h...>
>
>/tuning/topicId_50616.html#50616
>
>
>wrote:
>>
>> To anyone:
>>
>> Has a chart(table) ever been compiled that would display
>> the most consonant to the most dissonant chord progressions? I'm >>thinking about 3 major triads (0-400-700) in a progression.
>> The most consonant 24 , let's say,3 chord progressions would
>> be at the top and the most dissonant 120 at the bottom.
>> The graph, or whatever, would have 144 EDO accuracy or higher
>> for the tonic notes. Would having such a table allow for more >>consonant music
>> to be made, or would it be of no real use?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stephen Szpak
>
>
>***Hi Stephen,
>
>I don't believe that "dissonant chord progressions" make any sense.
>It would be difficult to disassociate the progression from the actual
>sounding chords to be used. Each chord can be evaluated according to
>ideas of "concordance" using different models. One is Paul Erlich's
>Harmonic Entropy model. We evaluated the consonance of several
>tetrads on my "Tuning Lab" site:
>
>http://www.soundclick.com/tuninglab
>
>best to you!
>
>Joseph Pehrson
> STEPHEN SZPAK WRITES::::::::::::::::::::::
>
> {{{ First, just so we understand each other, I'm speaking of 000-400-700 >major triads only.
> I couldn't tell from what you wrote if you picked up on that.}}}
>
> In 12 EDO there are certain chord progessions that keep coming up >over and over.
>
> Cmajor --- Fmajor ----G major
>
> has the tonics 0---500-700 and is (or seems) more consonant than
>
>
> Cmajor --- D# major ---A major
>
> with its tonics of 0---300---900
>
> Do you believe this is true? If it is NOT true then every chord >progression has to
> be equally consonant. Perhaps it is?!
>
> Please note that your link results in ERROR 404.
>
> Thanks for your comments,
>
>
> Stephen Szpak
>

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