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"Preliminary Studies in The Virtual Pitch Continuum", written by Joe Maneri and Scott A. Van Duyne in 1990, is available for purchase from the Boston Microtonal Society. Modeled after some of Arnold Schoenberg's rigorous modes of study in his "Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint", the book leads students in the creation of 12 separate 4-note ascending microtonal melodies. Then, through subsequent lessons, students rearrange that material: adding voices to create harmonies, putting them to rhythm and by the end of the book, writing in 6-part microtonal counterpoint. With this kind of thorough study, students are then able to play and sing their own examples, experiencing microtonal melodies and harmonies first-hand. View Page: "The Microtonal Accidentals" View Page: "Four-Part Common-Tone Harmony Examples Based on the Rows and Columns of the Matrix". Click Here to hear a recording of the example from that page. You need an mp3 player such as Winamp to hear the sample. |