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Quick Quartal Repertoire Montage

[7:27] [2016-11-01]; Demonstrates the breadth of repertoire and the everyday ubiquity of quartal harmony. Contains extracts of music by Borodin, Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Copland, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Manfred Mann, Clarence Ashley. Features also news jingles (ABC, CBS, BBC, ITN, Channel 9, Antenne 2, Canale Cinque), quartal signals on digital devices and power chords for Manga videos. It was originally used as illustration to the "Scotland" PowerPoints (Nov 2016).

Examples of quartal harmony from Borodin and Debussy via Bartók, McCoy Tyner and Joni Mitchell to sawmill banjo, news jingles and metal power chords. Full treatment in Chapter 10 of "Everyday Tonality II" (Tagg, 2015).

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