This video introduces the Schillinger Theory of Rhythm E-book with a set of audio examples, demonstrating various techniques for creating and varying rhythmical patterns. The book is a guide to Book 1 from the Joseph Schillinger System of Musical Composition. Contents: 00:00 What this video is about 00:04 Overview of the book content. Generator mechanisms, instrumental forms, variation, style 00:12 Interference or periodicities, 2 generators, attack-duration series 00:26 The natural nucleus of a score, rhythm in melody, harmony and bass 00:33 Fractioning, 2 generators, attack-duration group 00:57 Groups by pairs. Expanding adjacent, development character 01:08 Interference, 3 generators 01:18 Interference applied to harmony, contracting adjacent group rc(5,3) 01:32 Combined application, 3 layers, bass, harmony melody, 3-generator pattern 01:44 Coordinating time structures, recurrence of fractioning pattern r'(4,3) 01:59 Variation through permutation, continuity and
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