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Week 9
Objectives: Reference collection and reading Website development Decided the fusion tab was unnecessary. Deleted it. Research of the Week: References Consulted and Added Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson, “The Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation,” Plainsound Music Edition, 2020....
What's Experimental about New Complexity?
Perhaps the leading “guru” of the New Complexity school is Brian Ferneyhough. Ferneyhough was born in 1943 in England and taught at various institutions in the United States until landing at Stanford University, where he is now Professor Emeritus....
What is New Complexity?
A brief history of New Complexity must include the names Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Chris Dench, and Richard Barrett, each with their own sonic and philosophical worlds, and all of whom came together in the 1980s under the term “the New Complexity....
What is Jazz Harmony?
Before reading my brief summary of the fundamentals of Jazz Harmony, I have provided a video that I would recommend you watch until 10:35 as a primer:...