The Tonality Cube

Have you ever considered where the notes we use come from? Why is it that pretty much every piece of music we listen to uses the exact same set of 12 pitches as its foundation, and what would it look like if we tried something different? Many people have tried exploring that space, and one particularly interesting approach comes from a theorist named Ervin Wilson: The Hexany. In effect, it's a cube (or octahedron, if you want to get fancy) where notes are plotted on a 3-dimensional shape, creating new layers of interaction and unique tonalities not found in normal systems, which sounds intimidating, but along with its other strengths, it's actually pretty intuitive too! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: [email protected] Last: https://youtu.be/n7hSabSnCEg Genesis Scale video: https://youtu.be/KwLeCO2w9H4 SOURCES: http://anaphoria.com/grady1-1.pdf http://www.anaphoria.com/hex.PDF http://www.anaphoria.com/hexany.pdf http://anaphoria.com/cps.PDF http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/combination-product-set.aspx http://thesonicsky.com/about/erv-wilson-about-erv-wilson/ Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aJZwvmDLGQ_nQg3viUoDcXsE6mUVhYu0e9wrYtoGTJc/edit?usp=sharing Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Susan Jones Jill Jones Ron Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Brian Etheredge Mark Yachnin Josh King Gene Lushtak William (Bill) Boston Nicolas Mendoza Khristofor Saraga Tom Jdominioni Anton Smyk Michael Hutcheson Mitchell Fund Wolf Bennett RAD Donato Michael Wade Dale Monks Chris Prentice Jack Carlson And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Dialup Salesman, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Justin Donnell, nico, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, rhandhom1, Harold Gonzales, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, Dakota Williams, jason black, Dutreuilh Oliver, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, StarsServant, Steven Kapor, Dave Mayer, Thomás, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Justin Bronstein, Justin Aungst, David Roulston, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elias Simon, Paul Quine, Anamol Pundle, Alex, Jerry D. Brown, Christopher Wright, blalo'u, Lauren S., Fabian, Josiah R. Hazel, Ohad Lutzky, Bate Goiko, Jon White, Eivind Vatshaug, CodenaCrow, Nikolay Semyonov, Kurtis Commanda, James A. Thornton, Jacob Friend, Benjamin Cooper, Kevin, Joe Galetti, Josiah Scott, Liam Mac Aoidh, John Bejarano, David Barker, Gerhard Blab, drunkwookiee64, Revolution Harmony, Arnas, Paul Apicella, Max Headroom, Sarah Spath, Skylar J Eckdahl, Kristian Bredenbeck, Pawel Sit, Adam Wurstmann, Dave Wray, Kelsey Freese, Shadow Kat, Nelson Walker, Adam Kent, Craig Smith, Aa Markus, Caroline Simpson, Lee Rennie, Richard T. Anderson, Tomas Schryver, Angela Flierman, Matthis Knopf, Peter Wells, Kevin Hellon, Zion Suppasan, and Dan Lizotte! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold and Jade Tan-Holmes for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!