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VI. Climax and Resistance

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The projection of melody is a mechanical

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Its kineti� components are balance,

impetus and inertia.

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(pitch-time) maximum with respect to primary axis, or
towards the balance.

The -impetus · 1s caused by resistance

which results from rotation.

T�e geometrical projection

of rotation is a circle which· extends itself in time
projection into a cylindrical or Sj.Jher.ical sviral, or
ultimately (through time ex_ter1sion) wave· motion (plane
projection).

The discharge of accumulated centri-

fugal energy is equivalent to a climax.

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centrifugal energy.

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A heavy object

attached to a string and put into rotary motion about an
axis-point develol,Js cor1siderable energy to move a long
distance, when detached from the string.
Overcoming inertia increases wechanical

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Any body set to

move acquires its possible ulti1oate speed in a certain
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the moment whEll the

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bod¥ acquires its uiti.mate speed,

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Motion is expressible in the wave amplitude$ and the
projection of kinetic climax is the·maximum amplitude.
Inert matter does not acquire its maxiDJWII amplitude
instantaneously when starting from balance, Just as the
max.imum cawot recede to balance (rest) instantane�usly. ,
This concerns both velocities (frequencies) and
amplitudes.
Mechanical experiences, v1hethe� i.."lstinctive
or intentional, are known to all ty�es of zoological
species and are inherited
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judgwent of distances and directions and of the amount
of muscular energy necessary to cover them in leaps or
flights, without any theoretical icnowledge of the law of
gravity or mechanics in general.

There is no misjudgment

in the monkey•s flights from tree to tree, or a gazelle
leaving over a creek, or an eagle falling on its prey.
A certa.in amount of intentio1:1al roechanical efficiency
and psycho-physiologic coordination is inherent with
every surviving species of the animal world.

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relativity of tl1e standards of mechanical efficiency
corresponds to the relativity of reflexes, reactions
and judgments.

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The leaping of a human being over a 14

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Olym}Jics for 1936, and this with the aid of a pole.
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mechanical efficienc y of an ordinary flea is fifty times
greater.

A leap of a human being over a rod 50 feet

high would seem supernatural, while the respective leap
of a flea would be below any low standards of efficien�y
(tl1e flea leaps about one hundred times its own size) •
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The standards of mechanical efficiency vary
wi tl1 ages ar.d places, even among huma11 beings.

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c.lso vary with different races as v1ell as with different
ages.

The develo�ment of athletic qualities and forms

of locomotion im�ly the raising of the requirements
toward the trends of mechanical efficiency.
Geometrical conception of mechanical apd
bio-mechanical trajectories necessitates the analysis of
the corresJ.101,ding tra.jectories of nervvus imvulses and
muscular reactio11s.

There are corres!-'ondences betv1een

tl1e tv,o, arid the knov;ledge of such correspondences leads
to scientific _µroduct10r1 of excitors (in tr1is case,
esthetic: music in ge:r1eral, or welody in particular)
ca�able of stiwulating the intended reactions.
reflexes

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react.1.crls !Jl'oject themselves into simple

trajectorial !,atterns; on the other hand excitors having
the forw of sim}'le trajectories stimulate rea.ctior1s of
tl1e corresi.,011ding simplicity.

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de11ce tc..tCes 1,>lace with the cowplex jJatterns.

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and Fechner•s Psycho-Physiological law.

Thus, both

the configurations (patterns) and the amplitudes

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(intensities) have their corres�ondences between the
excitors and the reactions.

Judgment based on

mechanical experience and mechan ical orientation leads
. higher animals and human bei ngs to certain expectatlons.
In the case of an absolute corresponderice betv,een the
realization of a mechanical �rocess and the expectation,
the resulting reaction is balance (normal satisfaction).
A result above expectation stimulates tl1e ir!teri.sifica­
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ecstasy.

On the other hand, the result of a mechanical

process whi�h is below exj.1ectati0n stimul�tes �assivity
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(negative reaction) and at its extreme, depression.
The two opposite poles of reactions, led to their
absolute limit, stimulate astonishment, (irratic11al or
zero reaction).
Geometrical projectior1 of the scale of
psychological adject_i ves on a circumference j)roduces
the poles of the two rectangular coordinates (the
diameters of the circle): 1 . normal - absurd;
2. depressing -ecstatic.

Produc ing four new poles on

the intermediate arcs of the circumference through
addition of another pair of rectangular coordinates
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poles, through the application of the method of
evolving concept series, become expressible in adjectives
standing for the psychological categories.
Scale of psychological categories as
represented through geometFical project�on on a
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The circumference is divided, by the poles
of the coordinates, into 8 arcs, 45° each.

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geowetrical poles correspond to the psychological poles.
Arcs represent the transition zones, and the poles -­
their absolute expression.
Zero or 360
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The psychological zones within the above
limits between the adjacent pole.s represent:
The zone around the 0 ° or 360 ° stimulates
astonishment (zero reaction or delayed reaction).
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stimulates either pity

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of lyricism (regr,et, melancholy [pleasant sadness,
joyful sadness, controllable, self-imposed sadness])

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close to positive zone - joy of self-destruction,
self-sacrifice.
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The zone around 180° stimulates the sense
of quiet contemplation, full psychological balance and
satisfaction.
The zone around 225° stimulates the sense
of heroism and admiration.
The zone around 270 ° stimulates the sense
of exaltation, ecstasy and worshipping.
The zone around 315 ° stimulates either the
se11se of fantastic or the sense of fear (unfavorable
surroundings, uncontrollable, unaccountable forces,
fear for existence, struggle for survival).
A discus thrower participating in' the
Olymvics and reaching ·the previous years• record would

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stilllulate the reaction corresponding to 180

point.

The actual reflexes of the spectators would be polite

Throwing beyond the expected range would

applause.

stimulate the reaction corres�onding to the zone
between 180 ° and 225 °, culminating into ultimate
ecstasy when it reached 270 ° (this would be evidenced
by shput1ng, stamping and whistling, the reactions
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increasing not only in intensity, but in quantity as
well), i.e., the maximum conceivable limit.

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clapping reflexes would grow accordingly, from 180°
to 270�

If the disc does not reach the range expected

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with the sympathetic spectators, while with the

range reaching only 90° it would lead ultimately to\vard
depression.

The spectators will not applaud when the·

range of disc throwing is near the 90° point.

It 1s

natural to assume that certain groups of spectators,
influenced by their sympathy toward the opponents of
the first d.iscrus thrower, would produce exactly opposite
reactions.

These considerations cover the semicircle

above the. horizon.
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stimulates the reaction of

laughter and in the case of the discus thrower it would
amount to a range of perhaps onl.y a few yards from his
position after a iong and corresponding preparation to

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When the spectators see a husky, muscular

athlete deprived of mechanical efficiency they
unquestionably react to it as seeming decidedly
humorous.
On the positive side of the lower semicircle
between 315° and 360 °, lies the zone of supernatural,
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where the range of throw of a disc would be beyond any
biomechanical possibility.

For example, if the range

of throw amounted to three miles.

In such cases the

presence of a trick or a supernatural force would be a
necessary ingredient for the logical comprehension of
the phenomenon.

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The usual reac.tion would be the

reaction of smile or laughter transforming into aston­
ishment in the direction of the zero point.
The 360° point when reached from the
positive side

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amount to the absurd caused by an

impossible mechanical over-effioiency.

Such would be

the case v1hen the disc being thrown would never come
back, or fall anywhere on the ground, vanishing in the
interstellar s�aces and thus overcoming the law of
gravity.
When zero is reached from the negative
side it would mean an impossible mechanical inefficiency.
In the case of a disc thrower· it would happen when the
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disc. would slip out of the athlete•s hands before he
actually threw it.

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A tra jectory expressing a mechanically

efficient kinetic process, whether a pendulum or a
musical melody. 11'111 have the mechanical fundamentals
A pendulum carmot start instantaneously

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_at its max1mull ampl1tude; neitber can a melody.

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pendulum cannot stop instantaneously from its maximum
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humorous.
The actual quantitative specifications
serl!ing different purposes and expressing different
forms of mechanical efficiency vary with times and
places.

To satisfy any esthetic requirement one l1as

to know th e style in which such requirements have to

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be carried out, beyond which specifications the entire
kinetic process, whether efficient or not, will be
meaningless.

As the standards vary, the coordinates

on the circle described above change th eir absolute
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positions, i.e., the zero point may move with the
entire system, eit her clockwise or counter-clockwise.
If we would assume, with regard to athletic standards,
18()° to be a limit of certain mechanical operations
when the achievement of the following epoch increases
the quantitative value of normal, placing the point of
norwality to what is 225° on our diagram, the opposite
pole of the coordinate will occupy res�ectively the 45 °

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Referring to music in general and melody

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be charming yet they are entirely inadequate for the·
purposes of a more mechanically efficient epoch.

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feel it in every field concerned with motion, i.e. ,
mechanics.
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toward the 1900 horseless carriage and it becomes
still more humorous where there is an accumulation of
quantities of the symbols of inadequacy, such as the
prerequisites of travel required by a horseless
carriage (dusters, goggles, safety belts).
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exactly the same picture (i.e., if we are people
representing our epoch and not living anachronillms), 1n
melodies composed by a Verdi or a Bellini, where the
mechani.cal efficiency is so low that it makes us smile,
if not laugh.

The same melodies stimulate entirely

different reactions among the octogenarians surviving
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In order to achieve an efficient climax it
is necessary to accumulate energy that would be
effectively discharged into such climax.
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Trajectories ex�ressing musical pitches of

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various frequencies are heard by the.listeners 1n
relation to the entire trajectory.

It is

possible

not only to show the range of frequencies (such as
a form of direct trans.itian from one frequency to
another), but also to show in what way this variation
The portion of a melodic

of frequency was achieved.
trajectory leading

toward the climax, without a

resistance preceding such a climax, does not produce
any dramatic effect.

It is the resistance that makes

the climax appear dramatic.

A portion of melodic

trajectory leading from a climax (maximum amplitude)
towards balance (minimum amplitude) must be performed
in accordance with natural mechanical laws, i.e., it
must contain resistance before it reaches the balance
(compare with pendulum).

excess ot the

The inefficiency or the

forms of resistance (rotary motion)

leads to a mechanical abnormality.

Abnormal melody

stimulates the sense of dissatisfaction or humor.
The forms of resistance leading toward climax acquire
centrifugal form (increasing amplitude).

The forms of

resistance leading toward balance acquire centripetal
form (decreasing amplitude).

The relative period o f

rotary motion an d amplitudes produces various forms
and gradations of resistances.

For example, the

period ot rotation may be long, with the amplitude
reJDa1n1ng constant; or the period of rotation may be
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The period

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Lesson LVIII.
The corresponding forms or resistance as

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l. Repetition (correspondences: aiming, rotary

motion with infinitesimal amplitudes, affirmation
or the axis level as a starting point).

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contrary motion, initial impulse in archery,
artillery, springboard diving, baseball pitching,

tennis service, etc.)

Musical form: a movement or

a group o f movements in the direction opposite to
the following leap.

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A. Constant amplitude (correspondences: rotation around
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As the iz\teryal of a pitch level from
the primary axis affects tension (gravity effect
where P.A. is a gravitational field) resistance may
also result from two parallel secondary axes.

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complementary parallel axis may be placed either aboye
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The effect of motion

through a pair of parallel axes is that of an extended
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raising and falling� zigzag ascending arid desce11ding.
Musical form: revolving around alternately progressine
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continuity they must follow one another in the
increasing degrees.

The opposite arrangement is

mechanically i nefficient and therefore produces an
effect of weakness.
Resistances lead either toward cl�max or
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The distribution of climaxes in melodic
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These two components mutu ally compensate each

other.
The climactic gain between the two adjacent
climaxes takes place when:
1. The pitch-ratio is increasing and the time-ratio is
constant;
2. The time-ratio is decreasing and the pitch-ratio is
constant.
The climactic gain reaches its mechanical
maximUJD when both forms . are combined (increasing
pitch-ratio and decreasing time-ratio) .
It is practical to save the last effect for
the main climax of the entire melodic continuity and t o
use it only when the extreme exuberance has to be
attained.
As the decreasing time-ratio is charecteristic
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material which 110uld appropriately distribute the
climaxes must belong to the decreasi ng series of growth,
such as �•U•NDt'>tion or power series.

Smaller number

values and in inverse correlation serves as material
for the distribution of the pitch ratios for a group
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VII, Superimposition of the Time-RhYthm

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"Beauty" is the resultant of harmonic
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efficient) melody it is necessary to establish harmonic
relations between its factorial and fractional rhythm.
This may be achieved by means of a homogeneous series
of factorial-fracti0nal continuity.
durations occurring within the bars

Rhythm of time
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same series as the rhythm of the seco ndary axes.
Naturally, there are hybrid melodies ·where fractional
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and factorial rhythm belong to different series.,

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homogeneous series is merely an expression of stylistic
consistency.
Melodies wi th structural consistency may be
found nearly in every folk lore, as well as in the works
of composers who synthesized and crystallized the
efforts of their predecessors.

Beethoven crystallized

the melodic style of the "Viennese School", (which at
its time was a revolt agai ns t counterpoint and poly­
phonic writing).

Bach, in his melodic themes, (in many

cases wi th an odd number of bars), crystallized the
efforts of several centuries .,

Mediaeval Cantus Firmus

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Different styles have different evolutionary velocities.

•Jazz" having a veey high one,

(like some o f the specimens of the Alpine flora with
a veey short 11fe-span), has already crystallized its
Examples are numerous and may be found

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accomplished i n two ways:
(1) by using the resultants or the power groups,
(2) by composing freely from the monomial , binomials,
trinomials and quintinomials of a given family,
(see "Evolution of Style in Rhyth m").
An example of composing fractional
continuity 1n ¼ series:
Suppose we have a trinomial of the
Secondary axes, a2T + bT + cT.

In this case 4T ; 16t.
To satisfy 16t we may use r
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resultants.
A free composition according to (2) may
give results identical with some of the variations.
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binomials. • • 3 + 1 and 1 + 3
trinomials . • 2 + 1 + 1, 1 + 2 + 1 and 1 + 1 + 2
the· uniform quadrinomial • . 1 + 1 + l + 1
Deciding upon a2T being (3+1) + (2+1+1),
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trinomial ·nith variations, like: a2T = (2+1+1) +
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+ (2+1+1), bf = 1+2+1, cT = 1+1+2, we obtain groups
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that are not identical with the resultants or the
power groups.
When a cl imax is desired the maximum time
value wust be pla ced at the corres�onding point of a
Secondary axis (in � at tl1e ez1d, ir1 J?. at the beginning,
in .£ at th e beginning arid in £ at t.l'1e end).

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instance, if a climax is desired on a2T, it must be
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(the path of a moving point).
Let us assume th�t a gro�p of secondary
axes has been constructed with no reference to any
Placing the

particular logarithmic (tuning) system.

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axis-group moving through the points or attack,
Melody, 1n the academic sense, 1.�. , with sudden pitch
variations within a t1Jning system ., ·is a rectangular
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the academic sense as our musical culture leaves the
bending of a rectangular traj ectory to the instrumental
performer.
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respect to primary axis) , two forms of rectangular
motion through the points of attack are possible :
(1) ascribed (sin phases)
(2) inscribed (cos phases)
Though in c omposing melody a free choice of the two may
take place, in balancing melody at its end on b or c
axes, the ascribed motion produces an incomplete (i.e.,
unbalanced) cadence, while the inscribed motion produces
a 9omplete (i.e. , balanced) one.

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device for deviating from balance, i.e;, for accumulating
ter1sion, a stimulus for the new recapi tulation.
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These two potential melodies are
totally different in their pitch progression.

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usual, commonplace compositicn of pairs varies with
respect to the cadence only.

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Subject: .Music

Lesson LXI.

VIII. Superimposition o f Pitch-Rhythm
(Pitch-Scale) on the Secondary Axes .
Unifo rm time-intervals (du ratio ns) being
ge ometrically pro jected p roduce space-intervals,
(extensio11s) .

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selective systems v1hen T ::: ra+l · When b f l they
beco me secondary sele c tive systems, (rhythm-scales) .
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Chromatic scale is the primary selective system o f pitch
in o ur into natio n.

Geo metrical projectio n of sucn scale
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is a uniformity along tne o rdinate.

scale within the same tuning system is � secondary
selective system, (i.e., a derivative of the primary
selective system ) .

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m oving in either asc ribed o r inscri bed fo rm o f moti on
thro ugh the po ints of intersection of time (abscissa)
and pitch ( ordinate) unifo rmities (primary selective
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of melody: melody is a pitch-time trajectory resulting
from the intersection of the points of intonation

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in a specified axis-system.
When the geometrical points of intersection
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units nearest to th e coincidence-points must be used .
Let us superimpose an Aeolian scale
(2+1+2+2+1+2) on the axis-group illustrated in the
preceding chapter.

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The next step is to adjust the �oints of
intersection to the Aeolian scale .

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repet ition of £, or g is available.
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toward the points of intersection; tl1e first pi tch- .
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£ as the last intersection �oint.

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After obtaining an actual melody, such melody becomes
a subject to scale variation, tonal and geometr ical
ex1,181siu11s and inversions.

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melody in a "blue" scale wo uld sound :
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Lesson LXII.
IX. Forms of Trajecto rial Motion
The trajectory obtained above was called

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According tu Chapter VI, such melody cannot

be too expressive or dramatic.

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expressive melody it is necessary to build resistances.
This cannot be realized without introducing more
com�lex forms of motion.
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coefficients of recur·rer1ce of the sir1, tl1e cos an growth of aw_pli tudes .

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rectangular trajectories, with respect to a definite
intonation (tuning) system, become actual i11tonaticn­
groups, i . e . , melodic forms .

For example, a group�!to

is sin + cos witl1 constant amplitude.

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forms of trajectorial motion:
(1) constant �itch trajectories (repeiitioI1 on
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(3) combined trajectories (full period wotion or
rotatior1) .
Application of various tr�jectorial forms
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All the sin of O remain sin on all other

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all other axes.

All the combir1ed forms of O v1ith respect to sin, cos
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be heard.

Zero axis is tr1e only one to

The rest are ruerely hypotl'1etic lines.
Here is an example of the corres�onding

transla tio11s of a curvilinear sin tra jectory into

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recta11gul&r traj ectories of the o, a, b, c and d
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(2) may be called crossing trajectorie�.
Devi&tion of a rectangular trajectory from
its corresponding axis signifies inco11s istency and
lowers the esth�ti c value of a melody.
An esthetically efflcient melody must
uisplay, besides consistency, a variety of the forms
of motion.
When a trajectory is controlled by the
two simultaneous axes (fundamental and complementary),
the points of attack may fall on either a.xis according
to the form of alternation.
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sixteenths.
This traj ectory has a primary axis
defined by its first, last and two intermediate
The group of the secondary axes is : � + b.

attacks.

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points of attack on the two conjugated axes is uniform.
The form of motiun on Q is combined (sin + cos) and
has a constant amplitude.
to b .

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the o-axis were eliminated (loss of resistance moving
toward tl1e c limax) , and the b- axis would have one-pha se
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to wake a thorough analysis of the outstanding as well
as the deficient themes taken from the existing music .
This }-lrocedure must follow all the nine cr1apters of
the theory.

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may be constructed to full satisfaction it is more
practical in most cases to compose continuity out
of a short original structure.

Memory is very

limited and the latter will produce an effect of
greater unity •

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Melody plotted according to this technique
has the following properties :
l. Permutability of the secondary axes with their
respective melodies in time continuity.

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(preferably through circular permutations)
pertaining to one individual secQndary axis.
3. Geometrical convertibility of the entire melody .
4 . Geometrical convertibility of the portions of
melody pertaining to the individual secondary axes
or any groups thereof.
5 . Tonal expansion of the entire melody.
s. Tonal expansion of the portions o f melody pertaining
to any individual secondary axis or portions thereof.
In this case different axes may appear with dif ferent
coeffic ients of expansion.
7. Combined variati ons of geometrical inversions and
tonal expansions applied to the entire melody.
8 . Combined application of geometrical inversions and
tonal expansions applied to the portions of melody
pertaining to individual secondary axes or any
combinations thereof.

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coefficients of expansi on may be combined with
different geometrical inversions.

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Continuity may be composed through any
of the abovementioned forms of variation or any
combination thereof.
Here is an example of the quantitative
development of melodic continuity from the original
Let us take a trinomial axial combination,

theme.

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geometrical inversions.

Thus, the number of combina­

tions of the three axes being used in identical or
different geometrical inversions · equals 4 3 = 64.
This number refers to one constant E.

If any of the

individual axes appears 1 n three forms of tonal
expansion, the entire quanti ty will be 6 43 = 262,144.
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secondary axis where the geometrical positions and
the coefficients of expansion are specified.

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example, an axis .!. in position © in the second
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A trinomial axial-combination consisting
of a, b and c axes, with specified time and pitch
ratios, and the geo metrical positi ons and coefficients

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Pitch ratios: 1 + 2 + 3
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This method of indication emphasizes not
the axial struc ture alone, but the pitch-units
(intonation) as well.

For example, a melody in its

third displacement, on the axis a, 1.n position @ ,
in the third expansi on, may be expressed as follov,s:

When this method is systematically applied,
the sequence of the dif ferent displacement phases,
with regard to consecutive secon dary axes, may assume
different forms of distribution.

For exawple, it may

start wi th the first phase within the first axis, with
the second phase

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the second &xis, with tl1e

third phase within tre third axis, etc.

It may follow

a rhythm of any resultant or any of the series of
growth·:

Naturally, the rhythm for such variatio11s of motif
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motif.

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of original thematic material does.
Going back as far as to the strict style
of counterpoint written to a cantus firmus, we find

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that composition of continuity is based on uniform

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factorial periodicity .

The theme regularly appears

in different voices and that keeps the music moving.
In all elementary
homophonic forms,
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continuity is based on com.Position of biners

(a , + a 2), usually similar structures with different
endings, cons isting of 4 + 4 or 8 + 8 bars.

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comes the method of terners, i.e., a , + b + a 2 , intro­
duction of the new material in tl1e center.
The most advanced forms in the past were
offered first by J.S. Bach, who us ed a sequence of
biners i n contractir1g geometrical progressio11s (see
Fugue V, Vol. II, Well Tem�ered Clavichord).

In his

case it meant that a greater overlapping, (stretto
between the the we and the reply), occurred witl1 each
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In Beethoven ' s case it meant a co11tinuous
breaking u_p of the original biner.
All tl1ese forms of continuity, (in the
2
past), are rigidly a ttacl1ed to the 2
series.

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Richard Wagner built his continuity
according to the script, i.e., the operatic libretto.
Though he wrote them himself, and was quite skilful
at it, musical continuity greatly suffered from this
syntactic dominance.

Wagner•s faults were adopted as

virtues by Scriabine and others.

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Literary influence,

toget.�er with linguistic logic and syntactic (propo­
sitional) technique were the factors that delayed,
if not prevented, the sound development of the forms
of musical continuity.

(See the de'firiition of

program music in The Oxford History of Mus ic , Vol. 6,
Page III, which says: "Prograw music is a curious

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hybrid that is music posing as an unsatisfactory kin d
of poetry").
Forms of musical continuity are purely
quantitative and pertain to motion.

They are bio­

mechanical, i.e., they are forms of grov,th.
they grow norwally, tr1e y survive better.
Darwinism: struggle
the fittest .

When

It is pure

for existence, the survival of

A star-fish is not "just a pretty

pentagon" but an organic form evolved through the
necessity of efficient functioning.
Many an unpretentious melody is appealin g,
i.e., esthetically efficient, due to the fact that
within ��e eight-bar structure certain processes
evolve in a very consistent manner.

It happens quite

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often that ih soille cases the efficiency of structure
is greater in sinaller portions and smaller in greater
portions and vice-versa.
The bio-mechanical forms are priIDarily
concerned with three basic factors:
(1) Symmetric develo�ment, i.e., the axis-inversion.
(2) The ratio of growth, such· as summation •
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resulting in balance, i . e . , an arithmetical or
a geometrical mean .

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sions of the original structur e or its portions,
(melody) , along tile primary axis .

The regularity of

recurrence of the different inv ersions is subjected to
rhythm .

Pitch expansions ( tollal and geo metric al) ,
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combined v,ith their geometrical inversior1s may be used
as components

of musical continuity.
The mos t fluent form of continuity result s

from the symmetric growth along the time-axis .

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exemplifies birth, grow th, maturity , decline and
death, all in one process.

To accomplish this it is ,

necess ary to split the origin&l structure i11to a
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bars or secondary axes) ,

to show these elements in their gradual addition, and

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then in their gradual subtraction.
Suppose we have a three-bar structure
and split it into a, b, c elements*

Gradual

addition of the elements will give : a + ab + abc.
Gradual subtraction of the elements \Vill give:
The cowbination of the two forms --

abc + be + c .

the time-axls on abc.

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individual attacks.

An example o f summation through the
first summation series based on the time axis.

Let

us tak·e an eight-bar structure and split it into
a b c d e f g h elements�

The continuity will have

thls form:
a + ab + abc + abcde + �bcdefgh + defgh + fgh + g h · + h .

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The next point is obvious. · Using the
same series for the T of the secondary axes, we
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T + 2T + 3T + 5T + 8T + 5T + 3T + 2T + f
whatever axis (o, a, b, c or d) each term may represent.
Summation through the number of individual
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attacks may be found in many melodies.

Take the ·

popular song, "One-Two, Button Your Shoe ", for instance.
The first eight bars give the following summation o f
attacks: 2 + 4 + 6 + 12, i.e. , 2 + 4 = 6, and 6 + 6 = 12.
It means there are four distinct sub-structures, each
containing the number of notes in this part icular
summati on, carried out with an a bsolute precision.
It is important not t0 confuse the rhythm
of attacks wit h the rhythm of durations.
The method o f summation is very flexible,
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In the song, "But I Only Rave Eyes for
You", you find the following scheme of attacks;
6 + 9 + 6 + 3.

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This is an incomplete form of 3 + 6 +

+ 9 + 6 + 3, where the central term is the result of

summation 3 + 6 = 9.
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MovEIDent, with respect to tension and

release, resulting in balance may refer to factorial
or fractiona l time-rhythm as well as to the rt1ythm
of the number of individual attacks.

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mean is the most common device in thi s case.
An arithmetical mean is the quotient of
the division of the sum, by the number of elements ..
With two elements, a and b for example, it equals
a+b • Musical intuition has a certain amount of
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a very good approximation.

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3 ¼ bar structure of "Stormy Weather", the first substructure has three attacks, the second

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seven, and

The exact number fbr the last sub_ 5 ' not 4 . This is a very
structure would be 3+72 good amount of approximati· on, only 20 percent of
the third -- four.

error.

Yet you get a greater satisfaction by adding

one more attack.

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The following graphs and music serve as
an example of composition of melodic con tinuity.

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Each example is a comple te musical composition
written for an unaccompanied instrument.
has been greatly negle cte d today.

This art

In the XVII and

A'VIII
Ce nturies, composers possessed enough technique
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J..s. Bach wrote manv

outstanding works, even so11atas, for violir
da gamba alone.

r· v1ola

Today only a very few high ranking

composers lik e Paul Hindemitl1 (Suite for Viola alone)
or Wallingford Riegger, an American, (Suite for Flute
alon e, in seven movements) have dared to write a whole
opus for an unaccompanie d instrument.
The three compositions I offer here are
constructed from th e scales of the First Group.
Each graph represents a theme or iginally plotted .
Musical examples are complete compositions developed
by means of variation.
The notation is as follows:
M -- the entire melody

a, b, c, d -- portions of melody pertainirig
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