Open AccessReading Textural Functions, Instrumental Techniques, and Space Through Partition Complexes
Author(s) -
Pauxy Gentil-Nunes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
musmat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2526-3757
DOI - 10.46926/musmat.2020v4n2.80-97
Subject(s) - computer science , partition (number theory) , construct (python library) , musical , texture (cosmology) , mode (computer interface) , reading (process) , repertoire , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , mathematics , image (mathematics) , linguistics , acoustics , programming language , art , visual arts , philosophy , physics , combinatorics
Partitional complexes are sets of discrete textural configurations (called shortly of partitions in Partition Analysis) that successfully interact to construct a global textural structure. This textural mode is called the Textural Proposal of a piece, where referential partitions (those that represent the main features of textural configurations in the excerpt) stand out. This conceptual environment, developed in musical texture formalization through observation and musical repertoire analysis, is now applied to musical practice. In the present work, we highlight three of these situations. The first one deals with the creative flow (compositional process) and its relation with textural planning. The second observes how these same textural functions condition the body's physical coupling to the instrument (fingers, hands, pedals, instrumentation). Finally, just as an introduction, we envisage some spatial relations, involving instrument distribution on stage, emphasizing historical concert music.