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... tones as main points of focus for an entire composition ( as key centres in tonal music ) , Schoenberg suggested using all 12 tones " related only to one another . " In such a system , unlike tonality , no notes would predominate as ...
... tones as main points of focus for an entire composition ( as key centres in tonal music ) , Schoenberg suggested using all 12 tones " related only to one another . " In such a system , unlike tonality , no notes would predominate as ...
Page 216
... tone colours , rather than keys or tones , are differentiated . Elliott Carter in his Double Concerto ( 1961 ) set apart two groups of instru- ments , one around a piano , another around a harpsi- chord , each with its distinctive tone ...
... tone colours , rather than keys or tones , are differentiated . Elliott Carter in his Double Concerto ( 1961 ) set apart two groups of instru- ments , one around a piano , another around a harpsi- chord , each with its distinctive tone ...
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... tones a difference in phase at the two ears is the criterion for localization , but for high- er frequencies the difference in loudness caused by the sound shadow of the head becomes all - important . Each cochlear nucleus receives ...
... tones a difference in phase at the two ears is the criterion for localization , but for high- er frequencies the difference in loudness caused by the sound shadow of the head becomes all - important . Each cochlear nucleus receives ...
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