This concept is a quartal harmony idea using chords in 4ths to create a 12 tone line. It is presented here for guitar and piano moving in octaves.
Tetrachords in 4ths descending in major 3rds creating a 12 tone Piano example.
Clifford Earle Martin · Piano 12 tone 4ths idea
Guitar “Tetrachords” in 4ths descending in major 3rds creating a 12 tone example.
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Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately.
Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form
This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!
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