Schillinger Strata Harmony and Orchestration: An Example

The Schillinger System of Musical Composition presents a General Theory of Harmony. Strata Harmony is a generalization approach to writing continuities (chord progressions) with parts in multiple simultaneous layers. Each stratum has independent voice leading from the others. It is a great technique for writing dense orchestral and electronic music settings and textures, e.g., for film or games. The ternary form orchestral piece in this tutorial demonstrates continuities in the various harmony systems: diatonic-symmetric for a given 4-part chord progression, symmetric with a constant extended polychord structure, and diatonic with chords in fourths. The example is discussed in detail and demonstrates various strata harmony aspects. There's a companion document with text, diagrams and score excerpts available in the webshop. Contents: 00:00 What this video is about 00:20 Section 1 Introduction 00:46 Section 2 Schillinger Strata Harmony 02:06 Section 3 Chord progression (continuity) in various systems of harmony 02:14 Section 3.1 Diatonic-Symmetric Harmony, given 4-part modal progression, 3 layers 08:12 Section 3.2 Symmetric Harmony, constant extended chord tension, 4 layers 12:23 Section 3.3 Diatonic Harmony, chords in 4ths, 3 layers 15:49 Section 4 Instrumental Form 15:55 Section 4.1 Gentle Waltz, layer combinations, sustained chords, melody design 18:52 Section 4.2 Agitato 6/8, continuity in R4i system, parts from adjacent layers 26:14 Section 4.3 Tranquilo 4/4, sustained harmony, melody and countermelody 28:33 Section 4.4 The full ternary orchestral piece with strata harmony 31:16 Summary and conclusion Companion booklet (PDF, A4, 33 pp.) for this tutorial on Patreon   / fransabsil   For the full score (PDF, A3, 10 pp.) visit the compositions overview page https://www.fransabsil.nl/htm/composi... Support video tutorial production on this channel? PayPal donation: https://www.fransabsil.nl/htm/archive... Website: https://www.fransabsil.nl Patreon:   / fransabsil   #SchillingerSystemOfMusicalComposition #StrataHarmony #Orchestration