Hello GMP fans. Sorry for the long silence, I have been working to hand in a book for the last few months but now I am excited to get back to work promoting genetic art. I wanted to share with you this great suggestion from Genetic Music Project fan Michael “Mishka” Hazelwood. It is a great way to use the 4 base code to have access to the entire musical scale! Micheal wrote the following:
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I made A = I; C = II; G = III; T = IV
When the positions are added together, the result is the overall position for that pair. Depending on the scale used (5 tone, 7 tone, 8 tone… my example is a standard 7 tone scale), anything going over the 7th position starts back at the 1st position. This way it gives access to the entire scale.
So if we assign a key of F# minor:
F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E#
And use a segment of the schizophrenia variation:
GG III; III VI D#
GC III; II V C#
TC IV; II VI D#
CT II; IV VI D#
GT III; IV VII E#
CA II; I III A
CT II; IV VI D#
AG I; III IV B
GC III; II V C#
AG I; III IV B
GT III; IV VII E#
GG III; III VI D#
TG IV; III VII E#
GG III; III VI D#
AG I; III IV B
AG I; III IV B
GG III; III VI D#
AG I; III IV B
GC III; II V C#
CC II; II IV B
AG I; III IV B
GT III; IV VII E#
CC II; II IV B
GT III; IV VII E#
CT II; IV VI D#
GT III; IV VII E#
GG III; III VI D#
CC II; II IV B
CT II; IV VI D#
GG III; III VI D#
GC III; II V C#
AG I; III IV B
TT IV; IV I F#
CT II; IV VI D#
GG III; III VI D#
CC II; II IV B
CA II; I III A
GC III; II V C#
CC II; II IV B
AG I; III IV B
The entire scale is accessible to us!