CCCC
THE BOOK
The CCCC is based
on the several thousand combinational possibilities afforded
by the 12 tone chromatic scale that are contained within one
octave, based on one tone.
In addition to
this basic data-base, the CCCC CD provides musical examples
in all keys, all registers, in all inversions, and all spread
voicings for each combination.
All combinations
are accessible on the CD both as chords and scales. The CD
sends MIDI information to your computer so that selected combinations
may be sounded.
For the purpose
of cataloging, all combinations from 3 to 7 in number are
given chord names according to the chord symbol system in
common use. These are then categorized by the 9 most common
6, 7, and 8 tone scales of which they are constituents.
The text provides
further inrormation relating intervals to triadic formations,
triadic formations to four-tone combinations and so forth
up to their constituent scales.
In addition the
text gives valuable information on the mathematical and acoustical
properties of tonal combinations when actually sounded as
well as laying out the difference between the circle of 5ths
and the overtone series. The CCCC text shows clearly the simple
mathematical roots of the overtone series, the just intonation
scales, and the tempered chromatic scale.
Appendix I shows
scale-tone to scale relationships for 3, 4, 5, and 6 tone
combinations for nine 6, 7, and 8 tone scales.
Appendix II lists
the CCCC data-base in numerical form.
Appendix III is
a 4 page fold-out graphical representation of the entire data
base.
As an added bonus
the text provides graphic versions of musical examples in
the circle-of-5ths-based Lyrichromatic color-tone analogy.
The CCCC contains
many colored illustrations and diagrams utilizing the Lyrichromatic
tone-color analogy. |
