Twentieth-century polymodality: scalar layering, chromatic mismatch, and symmetry

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Abstract

This chapter introduces students to the notion of twentieth-century polymodality focusing on the layering of different scales and resulting chromaticism. The lesson proceeds in three (mutually reinforcing) learning stages: the analytical examination of characteristic instances of scale combinations in the music of Béla Bartók leading to analytical representations as mismatched scale segments or polymodes, the assembly and disassembly of various symmetrical polymodes furthering the understanding of the chromatic and common-tone interactions in scalar layering, and guidance for short compositional deployments of layered textures.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge companion to music theory pedagogy
EditorsLeigh VanHandel
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter35
Number of pages6
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780429505584
ISBN (Print)9781138585010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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