Saturday, June 23, 2012

A Brief Look at the online Tone Matrix

Just a few observations I made considering the tone matrix.  Evidently, I didn't really do any in-depth looks into the causes behind the consonance/dissonance patterns or other probability appearances from likely user-choices.  I didn't look into rhythm considerations that are necessary (looking at the 'j' columns).

Evidently the octave skips also poses a consideration, as M9 has a different effect than M2 when overlayed with 4ths and 5ths, etc.  Also, I only dealt with combinations of notes X and Y in pairs.  Obviously, further chordal analysis of the pentatonic scale with different chord voicings might be something to look at.

Also, feel free to fix my math.  I could easily be wrong.


Or the original here: .  I can take a better picture/scan if needed or impossible to read my rushed handwriting.