Music 306

Dmitri Tymoczko
Fall 2020
Problem Set 3

Again, try to do this without looking at your notes or using a computer.

You can download spiral graphs here, just change the numbers as desired.
http://www.madmusicalscience.com/graphs/3in5.pdf

1. Choose some three-note chord and some eight-note scale; label the chords on the spiral
diagram, label the shortest path on the figure (Txty) and write an instance of that voice
leading in musical notation.

2. Do the same thing for a three-note chord in a six-note scale. It might be fun if your
three note chord was identical to your chord in problem 1, the same pitches in a different
scalar context, but this is not required.

3. On the attached Mobius strip draw and label paths corresponding to these voice
leadings:

1. (C4, E4)®(E4, C5)

2. (C4, E4)®(E3, C5)
3. (C4, E4)®(A3, F4)

4. On the attached cross-section of trichord space, draw and label paths corresponding to
these voice leadings:

1. (C4, E4, G4)®(C4, F4, A4)

2. (C4, F4, A4)®(B3, F4, G4)
3. (B3, F4, G4)®(As3, Fs4, Fs4)

Imagine this as a continuous progression.

5. Write the interscalar interval matrix for the diminished triad and major triad in
chromatic space (Appendix D of AGOM).
 CC CsCs DD EfEf EE FF [FsFs]
CDf CsD DEf DsE EF FGf
BCs CD CsDs DE EfF EFs [FG]
BD CEf CsE DF EfGf EG
BfD BDs CE DfF DFs EfG [EGs]
BfEf BE CF DfGf DG EfAf
AEf BfE BF CFs CsG DAf [EfA]
AE BfF BFs CG DfAf DA
GsE AF BfGf BG CAf CsA [DBf]
AfF AFs BfG BGs CA DfBf
GF AfGf AG BfAf BA CBf [CsB]
GFs AfG AGs BfA BAs CB
FsFs GG AfAf AA BfBf BB [CC]

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firs

0E[12]
er

0EE
low

0TT 0T[12]
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0TE
t tw
rai

las

099 09T 09E 09[12]

se

se
mid

rai

088 089 08T 08E 08[12]

dle

raise last
077 078 079 07T 07E 07[12]

066 067 068 069 06T 06E 06[12]

055 056 057 058 059 05T 05E 05[12]

044 045 046 047 048 049 04T 04E 04[12]

033 034 035 036 037 038 039 03T 03E 03[12]

022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 02T 02E 02[12]

011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 01T 01E 01[12]

000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 00T 00E 00[12]