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Carter - Canaries - Tempo Modulation PDF

The document contains class notes on Elliott Carter's piece "Canaries, from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani". It describes proportional changes in tempo, known as "metric modulation", throughout different measures of the piece. Various measures are listed along with their equated rhythms and resulting tempos. It also notes changes in timbre that occur, using symbols to represent different ways of striking the timpani drums.

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Carter - Canaries - Tempo Modulation PDF

The document contains class notes on Elliott Carter's piece "Canaries, from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani". It describes proportional changes in tempo, known as "metric modulation", throughout different measures of the piece. Various measures are listed along with their equated rhythms and resulting tempos. It also notes changes in timbre that occur, using symbols to represent different ways of striking the timpani drums.

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Theory IV Class Notes

Elliott Carter

Class notes
Carter: Canaries, from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani
Proportional changes of tempo (metric modulation):
Measure:

Equated rhythms:

11

18

20

21

"#!= $! !

$!!= $! !

%!= %#! !

$!!= $!

(360)
(360/3=120)

(360)
(360/2=180)

(180)

(540)
(540/2=270)

Tempo:

%#!= 90

%#!= 120

%!= 180

%#!= 180

%!= 270

M:

25

43

44

47

50

60

E.R:

&#!= %#! !

"#!= $! !

$!!= $! !

%#!= %! !

%+"!!= %!

$!!= $

(90)

(360)

(360)
(360/3=120)

(120)

(120-24=96)
(192)
(4/5 of 120=96) (192/3=64)

T:

%#!= 90

$!!= 360

%#!= 120

%!= 120

%!= 96

%#!= 64

M:

65

66

71

72

76

91

E.R:

&!= &#! !

&!= &#! !

%!= %!

&!= &#! !

%!= $! !

&!= %!+ %#

($!!= 192)

(72)

(216)

(108)

(324)

(81)

(324/3=108)

($!!= 81x5=405)

(%!!= 96)

(216/2=108)

(&!!= 48x3=144)

T:

%!= 144,

(405/3=135)

&#!= 72

&!= 108

&#!= 108

&!!= 72

%#!= 108,

%#!= 135

%!= 162,
&!= 81

M:

109

E.R:

$#!= $! !
(135x2=270)
(270/3=90)

T:

%#!= 90

Changes of timbre:
!

!!!!

! = center

DS = dead stroke

" = normal
# = rim

NS = normal stroke
'!
x = hand damping

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