[microsound] musical structure

[Adern X]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:16:29 -0500, a Bad Day on the Midway, David Powers <cyborgk at gmail.com> wrote:

> The theoretical language I am developing should apply to both Bach and Xanakis.
> 
> Bach's musical technique tends to result in overall static textures
> that are stable within a given period of time. His small pieces tend
> to live within one single textural domain. In my own terminology, Bach
> works with single "plateaus" in short pieces, and sequences of
> plateaus in larger pieces. The Goldberg Variations would consist of 31
> distinct plateaus, for instance.
> 
> Xenakis' statistical methods, on the other hand, give rise to both
> static plateaus, and transitions between plateaus.

Seems interesting, have you done a pdf or something else where you
explain in detail your method?
I'm not completely convinced that your plateau concept can descrive
both Xenakis and Bach but perhaps i have a wrong understanding of
"plateau".

Hi,
A.X
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