\nRecently, I’ve been studying some of Steve Coleman’s thoughts about music. \u00a0I’ve been aware of his ideas for years, but never looked into the concepts in detail. \u00a0Now, I’m spending some time with them and find some interesting. \u00a0I haven’t halted my exploration of his ideas, but have decided to spend some time with one of them while I check out others (and continue with my own work in various other areas – please see my practice blog<\/a>).<\/span> As I’ve been blogging about the work I’m doing, several musicians have asked me about the Symmetrical Interval Spiral Etudes I’ve been playing. \u00a0Originally, I was only working on them with C-based pivot tones. \u00a0But since there has been interest, and I wanted to expand to other pivot tones anyway, I’ve created additional etudes based on the other eleven chromatic pitches.<\/span><\/p>\n \nHere are links to the etudes I’ve created. \u00a0They are all adjusted for saxophone range and you can expand them to the range which your instrument plays. Each one will open to a separate comment and from there, a link will recur that allows you to see the pdf. \u00a0(If any of you have suggestions about how to more elegantly handle this in wordpress please let me know and I’ll edit the post!). \u00a0Have fun working on these ideas and please let me know what your experience is with them.<\/p>\n C – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n F – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n Bb – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n Eb – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n Ab – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n Db – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n F# – Steve Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n B – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n E – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n A – Coleman Symmetry Exe<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThe idea I’m working on is Coleman’s concept of Spiral Interval structures. \u00a0Essentially, I’m trying to follow Coleman’s own progression of understanding and skill development regarding working with intervals. \u00a0He explains in his essay on symmetry that his first step along this path was to write and practice etudes to develop knowledge (aural and tactile\/kinetic) of various intervals. \u00a0So, I’ve tried to recreate his etudes based on concepts in his essay. \u00a0Please visit the\u00a0Steve Coleman’s original article<\/a> to read his description and more detail about his concepts of Symmetry<\/span><\/p>\nThe Etudes<\/h2>\n