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Towards the Infinite Expansion of Tonal Resources
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Towards the Infinite Expansion of Tonal Resources

Abstract

Over the whole of the historical period of instrumental music, Western music has based itself upon an acoustical lie. In our time this lie—that the normal musical ear hears twelve equal intervals within the span of an octave—has led to the impoverishment of pitch usage in our music.

Authors

Rapoport P

Journal

Tempo, , No. 144, pp. 7–11

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

March 1983

DOI

10.1017/s0040298200020714

ISSN

0040-2982