Restless Genetic Mix V1
Restless (Genetic Remix)
Restless (In Vivo Genetic Mix)
Restless (Invitro Genetic Mix)

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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!

During the late Renaissance, the Baroque, and the Classical Era, Newton’s laws – the concept of order underlying the universe—held sway. Music, especially in the Baroque era, mirrored this idea of the universe as orderly. The 20th century saw the rise of quantum mechanics and special and general relativity as theories, which modified Newton’s laws of motion. Quantum mechanics was built on essentially a single observation—the inability of light waves to follow Newton’s laws. 20th century music reflected this new, quantum reality (and the concept that under Newtonian order lay quantum randomness) with the suspension of the harmonic system that had been in place for centuries in favor of new experimental forms like 12-tone music, minimalism, and the music (or in some cases non-music) of John Cage. Music exploded into many different forms and genres—jazz, blues, rock, country hip-hop, etc.

And now we come to the 21st century, the genetic age where we have a working draft of the human genome and exponentially advancing DNA sequencing technology. What will be the type of music that will typify our age? Stay tuned to www.geneticmusicproject.com to find out…

Thanks to Professor Robert Greenberg’s “How to Listen to and Understand Great Music” from the Teaching Company for some of the concepts discussed in this blog post.