The Craft Of Musical Composition Official

Hindemith viewed musical relationships as a natural force akin to . He sought to move away from "arbitrary" rules, creating a system that could analyze everything from medieval chant to the most radical contemporary works. The Two Pillars: Series 1 & Series 2

Ranks the 12 chromatic pitches based on their relationship to a central "tonic". It moves from the most related (the Perfect 5th) to the most distant. THE CRAFT OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION

The core of his theory rests on two hierarchical rankings derived from the overtone series and combination tones: Hindemith viewed musical relationships as a natural force