{"id":4215,"date":"2019-12-09T08:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T08:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2023-02-27T05:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:19:13","slug":"polyharmony-and-consonance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/polyharmony-and-consonance\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyharmony and Consonance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>an architectural approach to large scale contemporary composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we presented The Seventh Seal opera at the Conservat\u00f3rio de Tatu\u00ed, in November 2018, I did a series of seminars, focusing on different aspects of the production.  During the composition sections, I had to answer a lot of questions regarding the harmonic language of the opera. These questions have led me to write a book that is intended to serve as a training manual for large scale composition, in an approach that tries to be as inclusive as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here you can download the Introduction of the book: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/bi6v040148wm7vm\/Poly-Harmony%20and%20Consonance_Introduction.pdf?dl=0\">Polyharmony and Consonance &#8211; an architectural approach to contemporary large scale composition.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am looking for early readers. If you are willing to dive into the rest of the book: I&#8217;ll send a link to the full text to the first five dedicated musicians who are willing to retribute with comments on how I can improve the text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">If you want to dive into the subject: please send an email to: <em>joao (at) brazilianopera.com. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/polyharmony-and-consonance\/screenshot-2019-12-09-03-34-49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49.png\" data-orig-size=\"914,592\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49-300x194.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49.png\" src=\"http:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4218\" width=\"525\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49.png 914w, https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.49-768x497.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polyharmony and Consonance &#8211; Illustration. Page 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/polyharmony-and-consonance\/screenshot-2019-12-09-03-34-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21.png\" data-orig-size=\"936,754\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21-300x242.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21.png\" src=\"http:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4219\" width=\"580\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21.png 936w, https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/joaomacdowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-09-03.34.21-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polyharmony and Consonance &#8211; Illustration. Page 42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The work on this book has inspired me to write a collection of Preludes and Fugues. In these compositions, I demonstrate several of the concepts of the book. There are piano and string quartet versions of it. Please email at the address above if you are interested in performing these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Here you can watch some scenes of The Seventh Seal opera:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLuAofTiplgzzMS49POEBPNAaGoLnkFpzs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an architectural approach to large scale contemporary composition. 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