用组合几何解析音乐和声,揭示调性、七和弦与十二音体系的深层结构
Tonnetz Theory, Classical Harmony, and the Combinatorial Geometry of Abstract Musical Resources

- 将音乐和声关系建模为图论中的配置结构,如费诺构型与德萨格构型
- 发现大三和弦与小三和弦在莱维图中通过六元环实现一一对应
- 为古典调性、五声音阶及十二音体系提供可作曲的几何资源
此前研究建立了音高网络与构型之间的基本联系,证明欧拉音网可表示为达布尔布斯基-冯·施特恩涅克类型D222的{12_3}构型。本文进一步分析其他音乐系统:古典调性中,大调三和弦对应{7_3}双分图且围长为四;大调七和弦构成费诺构型{7_3},刻画声部进行关系。基于德萨格构型{10_3}构建五声音阶音网,基于克雷莫纳-里奇蒙德构型{15_3}构建十二音系统音网,二者均可用于创作。此外,半音音级集与大三和弦集的关系由D222表示,小三和弦与该构型莱维图中特定六元环一一对应,从而打破大小三和弦在音网中的对偶性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In a previous submission, we established a fundamental relation between tone networks and configurations. It was shown that the Eulerian tonnetz can be represented by a $\{12_3\}$ of Daublebsky von Sterneck type D222. We also constructed a tonnetz for Tristan-genus chords (dominant sevenths and half-diminished sevenths) and showed that this tonnetz can be represented by a $\{12_3\}$ of type D228. In both constructions the associated Levi graphs play an important role. Here we look at the tonnetze associated with some other musical systems, thereby offering concrete examples of an abstract view of music as combinatorial geometry. First, we look at the tonal harmonies of the classical period. In the case of diatonic triads, we show the existence of a bipartite graph of type $\{7_3\}$ and girth four that represents the relations between the seven diatonic degrees and their pitch classes. In the case of diatonic seventh chords, we obtain a Fano configuration $\{7_3\}$, which gives a characterization of the voice-leading relations that hold between such chords. Next, we construct a tonnetz for pentatonic music based on the Desargues configuration $\{10_3\}$ and we construct a tonnetz for the 12-tone system based on the Cremona-Richmond configuration $\{15_3\}$. Both can be used as resources for compositions. Finally, we show that the relation between the chromatic pitch class set and the major triad set is represented by a D222. The minor triads are in one-to-one correspondence with the members of a certain class of hexacycles in the Levi graph of this configuration. In this way, the characteristic duality between major and minor triads in the tonnetz can be broken.
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