Marc Sabat

Chords, melodies: a look at harmony by numbers; Tuning Bach

lecture-concert (Organo, Musikkitalo, Helsinki, 2024) • video

Chords, melodies: a look at harmony by numbers; Part I: Using harmonic radius to compare rational pitch collections

journal article • Ziva Hudba 2023/13

A Compact Enharmonically Viable Subset of Harmonic Space: The Stern-Brocot Tree and Some Thoughts About Lattices and Spirals

by Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson
journal article • Ziva Hudba 2020/11

Farey Sequences Map Playable Nodes on a String

by Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson
journal article • Tempo Vol. 74, No. 291, Jan 2020

Relative Dissonance

on my music for string quartet
journal article (2019) • MusikTexte 163

Well temperament revisited

journal article (2019) • Xenharmonikonpdf

Fundamental Principles of Just Intonation and Microtonal Composition

monograph by Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson (2018) • pdf

Introducing my work in microtonally extended just intonation

lecture at Ostrava Days (2017) • pdf

Three Tables for Bob

journal article • Tempo Vol. 70, No. 278, Oct 2016

Pantonality Generalised:
Ben Johnston’s artistic researches in extended just intonation

journal article (2014 corr. 2018) • MusikTexte 144 & Tempo Vol. 69, No. 272, Apr 2015

Shadings in the Chromatic Field: Intonations after Morton Feldman

journal article (2012) • MusikTexte 133

Stay Still / Still Stehn

journal article (2011) • Positionen 89

Some Reflections About Sound, Music and Art

journal article (2010) • Positionen 84

On Ben Johnston’s Notation and
the Performance Practice of Extended Just Intonation

monograph for Ben Johnston and Sylvia Smith (2009 corr. 2018) • pdf

An algorithm for real-time harmonic microtuning

conference paper (2008) • congress on Sound and Music Computing

Three Crystal Growth Algorithms in 23-limit constrained Harmonic Space

based on an article by James Tenney
journal article (2007) • MusikTexte 112 & Contemporary Music Review Vol. 27 Part I, 2008

Towards an Expanded Definition of Consonance:
Tuneable Intervals on Horn, Tuba and Trombone

by Marc Sabat and Robin Hayward (2006) • monograph

Double Horn in B*f and F: tuning in Just Intonation

microtonal chart (2005) • pdf

Natural Harmonics on Cello and Violin

microtonal chart (2005) • pdf

23-Limit Tuneable Intervals above and below A

microtonal chart (2005) • partially deprecated original version

The Harmonic Series 1-64

microtonal chart (2005) • partially deprecated original version

The Extended Helmholtz Ellis JI Pitch Notation

monograph (2005) • partially deprecated original version

Helmholtz Ellis JI Pitch Notation: Introduction and Simple Legend

microtonal chart (2005) • partially deprecated original version

Helmholtz Ellis JI Pitch Notation: Full Legend

microtonal chart (2005) • partially deprecated original version

Note: in 2020 the HEJI notation was updated so that all modifications would be based on tertial (3-limit, Pythagorean) pitches. Alteration ratios and symbols for 17° and 29° were redefined; additional symbols were added up to prime limit 47. The partially deprecated charts above are included as they relate to my pre-2020 scores and articles.

Johann Sebastian Bach RICERCAR Musikalisches Opfer 1 INTONATION :
an experimental application of Extended Rational Tuning

monograph (2003) • pdf