"Neil" <nhmiller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> "Steve Latham" <llat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I've heard "extended tonality".
>
>> Anyone ever encountered Hypertonality, or Hypotonality (as terms, not
as
>> hyperactive key changes in a piece :-).
>
> Hyper, from Greek, means more than the normal, excessive. I did a
> Google search -- in music, Hypertonality appears to be used to label
> any system or procedure having smaller intervals than the usual 12
> semi-tones, so there are more than 13 chromatic tones per octave. It
> was used by Penderecki, employing quarter-tones instead of semi-tones
> (thereby producing 26 chromatic tones per octave)
26? I don't think so... Count 'em:
(using * to mark the quarter-tones)
C, C*, C#, C#*
D, D*, D#, D#*
E, E*
F, F*, F#, F#*
G, G*, G#, G#*
A, A*, A#, A#*
B, B*
C
Maths never was my strong point I admit, but I do think I can count, and
this looks like 24 to me, or 25 if you're including the octave itself.
> Neil Miller, author of THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK
Hmmm, hope it doesn't discuss 26 (or 34 as you previously stated)
quarter-tones per octave, but OK, pianos can't play quarter-tones so maybe
we'll overlook this one :-)
Fiona
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