[microsound] musical structure

[Paulo Mouat]

Plateau is probably a "region of stability". But as with most things, we
would then have to define what "region" and "stability" mean. In my opinion,
such taxonomies end up being more or less arbitrary and ultimately fail to
provide a consistent and generalized view (in other words, there will always
be grey areas, considerations and edge cases outside the system)--which I
don't see as a problem, as I'm not really interested in finding the One True
Theory.
//p
http://www.interdisciplina.org/00.0

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Adern X <the.apx at libero.it> wrote:

> 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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