![]() ![]() Note: as is the case with all “musical rules”, composers love to break them!! Schoenberg often broke the rules above, as did other composers of serialism, such as Berg and Webern. ![]() Notes can be played at any octave – this is why you will often see very large leaps in pitch in serialist compositions.The order of the series remains the same throughout the composition, except for some allowed changes.No note should be repeated until all 12 notes of the note row have been played.Some composers select the order for the note row before beginning to play the composition, whilst others may improvise a melody and develop the note row from it. Now I am going to rearrange them in the order I would like them to be in to create my note row: The note row is a series of intervals that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale (hence the name 12 tone music) in an order chosen by the composer. This series of notes is called the Note Row. The first step in creating a piece of serialism is to choose the “series” of notes. A Worked Example of Serialism The Note Row I am going to show you how serialism works by taking you through how to compose a piece of serialism music. Since then, a number of other composers have used serialism techniques, such as Webern and Berg. Serialism started with Schoenberg’s work with atonality, which led to his system of composing with 12 notes – his “Twelve Tone Technique” (1923). Serialism is based on a “series” of notes that determines the development of the composition.Īs a result, serialist compositions sound radically different to the listener!! Who “Invented” Serialism Music? Most (not all, but most) of the western classical and popular music we hear is based on major scales, minor scales or possibly modes. The 20th century was a time of great experimentation and serialism (or twelve tone music) was a “20th century revolution in composition” (The Oxford Dictionary of Music) in which the traditional rules of melody, harmony and tonality were replaced. ![]()
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