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Yes, good idea. I'll mention to them that they could do so.

been a while since I visited. looks like a lot of ideas kickin around! I'm happy to report that the LCC is alive and kickin. Students in my classes at NEC, Longy and many privates from around the world are writing new music using the open - ended understanding of 'gravity manifested through sound' t...

no. the GCE of VTG is the chord of the moment. The GCE for HTG is a prevailing tonic station.

its both. relative to the lydian tonic as a horizontal tonic station, any presence of the 4th creates the duality necc for resolution. that said, the actual major chord the lydian tonic creates and represents has the 4th degree as a semi-outgoing (11to) vertical element. VTG and HTG are two separate...

"One thing I would still ask for input on is: do you have any theories about how exactly "the vertical aspect creates and understands the horizontal aspect in all and in everything"? " Sure. The reason the major scale resolves to its tonic is because there are actually 2 vertical...

You're correct in talking about how tonal centers relate to each other in terms of fifths - this is what the Circle of Close to Distant Relationships and the Law of Resolving Tendencies is based on. However, the LC Order of TG is not a horizontal matter - rather it represents a contained Vertical or...

Remember that equal temperament is a concession to the overtone series, that human beings are not machines and that art is about beauty, energy and communication. George addressed the evolution of western harmony in setting up the LC (Western) Order of TG and presented the most ingoing Prent Scales ...

New England Conservatory pays tribute to a beloved faculty member with this concert celebrating the music of George Russell (1923–2009), with many of his landmark compositions on the program, including All about Rosie, A Bird in Igor's Yard, It's about Time, and Listen to the Silence. Performers i...

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The TG chart illustrates the 144 graded intervals of the LC Scale - it may be applied to the Vertical, Horizontal and Supra-Vertical Levels of TG - keeping in mind that these Levels have specific Laws or requirements for manifesting as the 'Prevailing' Level of TG in the music (if thats your intent).

To figure out the TG chart, just follow the prime order. remember that the TG chart is of the LC scale, and that the seven chord-producing Principle Scales are just the clearest vertical representatives of the orders - they didn't create the chart, the LC order of TG did!

Hi This is a copy of an outdated version of the TG chart. The 1st edition of the book explains - basically - how the logic behind the basic Tonal Gravity Chart of intervals of a LC scale goes, so thats a good place to start. Involved now in the Memorial concert for GR at Jordan Hall on Oct 2. - Ben

yes Bob. you can show this graphically - theres been a number of diagrams we've done. Basically its this: music and perhaps life manifests on three levels - the chordmode of the moment, a regional tonic station or end goal (actual fate tbd in linear time), and the overall key (parent LC scale). Thes...

remember that:

Vertical exists within Horizontal which all exist within Supra-Vertical

- a perspective with many correspondences.....

a musical mentor – George Russell by Ben Schwendener I worked musically with George Russell for over 25 years in many capacities, but mainly in the teaching and editing of his landmark theory, the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. After his retirement in 2003, I have continued to tea...