Divisions of the Tetrachord
John Chalmers
(Published by Frog Peak Music)
Edited by Larry Polansky and Carter Scholz
Designed by Carter Scholz
Editor's Introduction (Larry
Polansky), Forward (Lou Harrison), Preface (John Chalmers),
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The tetrachord in
experimental music
Chapter 2: Pythagoras, Ptolemy,
and the arithmetic tradition
Chapter 3: Aristoxenos and the
geometrization of musical space
Chapter 4: The construction of
new genera
Chapter 5: Classification,
characterization, and analysis of tetrachords
Chapter 6: Scales, modes, and
systems
Chapter 7: Harmonization of
tetrachordal scales
Chapter 8: Schlesinger's
harmoniai, Wilson's diaphonic cycles, and other similar constructs
Chapter 9: The Catalog of
tetrachords
A note on this website: This
is a set of scans of the original Frog Peak publication from the early
1990s. No editing has
been done, nor any attempt to
update the book. (We will post the color cover soon).
Larry Polansky
10/30/06