Technique

Composition technique

  • Bi-hexaphonic pitch organization: Alternation of the two symmetrical whole-tone scales
  • Bi-hexaphonic harmony 
  • Horror vacui principle: Apply all pitch-classes of the set before transiting to the other hexaphony
  • Polyphonic voice leading respecting most classical rules, guided by (Schönbergian) preference of exhausting all pitch classes before repetition
  • Polyrythmicity: Superimposing rhythmical patterns that keep conflicting until  
  • Aesthetics of constructivism
Article draft Bi-hexaphonic alternation and polyphony: A composition technique with affordances for emergent musical experience


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