(written by hand 2 weeks ago, i kept forgetting to write it on the blog)
Played through the 13 chords I had written in class today, feedback on rise and fall of harmonic tension mirrored my own. The peak was exactly where I had intended it, which was nice to hear. One person had mentioned, and several others agreed, that many of the chords have a very similar character, specifically chords 6-10. I was a little surprised that only chords 6-10 were mentioned, as there only 6 base sonorities:
sonority 1 - chords 1, 13
sonority 2 - chords 2, 3, 9
sonority 3 - chords 4, 5, 6
sonority 4 - chords 6, 7
sonority 5 - chords 7, 8
sonority 6 - chords 4, 11, 12
My intent in taking such consideration into the interval content is to create a sense of unity which is much more coherent than my previous works. Ignoring transpositions, there really isn't very much to work with, which I feel will be very beneficial in trying to develop my compositional technique.
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