The Dyad System (Parts Two and Three)

Describes the Dyad System, which fully integrates pitch and electronically generated timbre, making them functionally interdependent. States that this interdependence suggests that different elements dominate the compositional process at different times during the course of the work. Presents the Ge...

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Published in:Perspectives of new music 1999-07, Vol.37 (2), p.189-230
Main Author: Dashow, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additive synthesis
Algorithms
Analysis
Audio frequencies
Composing
Composition (Music)
Computer music
Dyadic relations
Electronic Music
Frequency Modulation
Instrumental Music
Integers
Methods
Musical intervals
Musicology
Oscillators
Overtones
Pianos
Pitch (Acoustics)
Ring Modulators (Sound Processing)
Sidebands
Sound design
Sound pitch
Sound Processing
Sound Synthesis
Timbre
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Summary:Describes the Dyad System, which fully integrates pitch and electronically generated timbre, making them functionally interdependent. States that this interdependence suggests that different elements dominate the compositional process at different times during the course of the work. Presents the Generating Dyad procedures in terse form and describes in detail the Dyad System approach to additive synthesis. Addresses frequency modulation, ring modulation, and foldover. Gives examples to demonstrate specific applications of the Dyad System, for both instrumental music and music for instrumentalists with electronic sounds. Includes notes, diagrams, charts, and a discography.
ISSN:0031-6016
2325-7180
DOI:10.2307/833515