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Hexachord Theory

Hexachord Theory is a musical theoretical framework in medieval music pedagogy that organizes pitch relationships through a system of six-note scales (hexachords) based on fixed syllabic patterns (ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la) and mutable semitone placement, primarily distinguished by its application of overlapping hexachords—natural, hard, and soft—to guide vocal intonation and musica ficta.

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Hexachordal Theory

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Publications

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Virtual Segments: The Hexachordal System in the Late Middle Ages

Stefano Mengozzi · Journal of Musicology · 2006 · 57 citations

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David Lewin and maximally even sets

Emmanuel Amiot · Journal of Mathematics and Music · 2007 · 45 citations

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Re: The Intervallic Content of a Collection of Notes, Intervallic Relations between a Collection of Notes and Its Complement: An Application to Schoenberg's Hexachordal Pieces

David Lewin · Journal of Music Theory · 1960 · 40 citations

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Coordination of Interval Sizes in Seven-Tone Collections

Jay Rahn · Journal of Music Theory · 1991 · 32 citations

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A Theory of Segmental Association in Twelve-Tone Music

David Lewin · Perspectives of New Music · 1962 · 32 citations

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Authors

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  1. DL
    David Lewin

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  2. EA
    Emmanuel Amiot

    Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan, France

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. DB
    Don B. Gibson

    Baylor University, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. DM
    Donald Martino

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. WR
    William Rothstein

    The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  2. Centre Hospitalier Saint-Nazaire

    Saint-Nazaire, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Music Theory

    3 publications · 84 citations

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  2. Perspectives of New Music

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. Psychomusicology Music Mind and Brain

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. Journal of Mathematics and Music

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  5. Journal of Musicology

    JM · 1 publications · 57 citations

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