A Tetrahelix Animates Bach

Revisualization of David Lewin's Analysis of the Opening of the F# Minor Fugue fromWTCI

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ID4390327
AutoresJacob Reed (The Ohio State University), Matthew Bain (0000-0001-9779-2021, The Ohio State University)
Ano2007
Volume13
Fascículo4
Data de publicação2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMusic Theory Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040
EditoraSociety for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.30535/mto.13.4.4
OpenAlexW2493922439
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas14

Music theory has long benefited from the use of visualizations to demonstrate analyses. This article presents one example of how music theorists might implement contemporary methods in graphic design and computer modeling. We apply three-dimensional geometric modeling and animation to a concise analysis on the opening of Bach's F# Minor Fugue from WTCI by David Lewin. The application models the voice-leading of Cohn flips on Forte-set 3-2 with a triple helix whose structuring tetrahedrons combine chromatic, trichord, tetrachord and octatonic elements. The animations of the music through this model depict the pattern and relationships of the (013) forms described in Lewin's article but demonstrate how a 3-D figure and animation elucidate and amplify his analysis and reveal an unusual aspect of these six measures

Animation · Art · Chromatic scale · Humanities · Literature · Major and minor · Music theory · Musical · Physics · Programming language · Structuring · Visual arts · Computer Science · Mathematics · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Neuroscience and Music Perception

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