Four'll Get You Twenty-Four
A few half-diminished permutations to get started
A few half-diminished permutations to get started
According to an online permutation calculator I stumbled upon recently, the number of unique combinations of the 12 pitches of the Western chromatic scale comes to exactly 479,001,600 - and that's just the pitches! Add to that the variations in rhythm, tone and timbre, etc., and that number grows to infinity.
Not to worry! In this post, we'll cover just a few of the permutations of just four notes - which yield the measly number of 24 possible unique combinations - definitely enough to deal with!
The 4-note cell focused on here is commonly known as a min7b5, or half-diminished chord and is similar in concept to a previous post and book, "Permutation Station 1235".
Not to worry! In this post, we'll cover just a few of the permutations of just four notes - which yield the measly number of 24 possible unique combinations - definitely enough to deal with!
The 4-note cell focused on here is commonly known as a min7b5, or half-diminished chord and is similar in concept to a previous post and book, "Permutation Station 1235".
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