Learn the fundamental tools for understanding and building your own alternative tuning systems, including just intonation, equal divisions of the octave, and historical temperaments. In 8 weekly online meetings, participants will tear down the walls of 12-tone equal temperament and develop techniques for exploring new harmonic architecture.
Topics include the harmonic series, the 3-limit strings of Pythagoras, the 31-tone polyphony of Nicola Vicentino, the 43-tone chromelodeons of Harry Partch, the sublime consonance of Hindustani raags, the well-tuned piano of La Monte Young, infinite divisions of the octave and the farthest reaches of n-dimensional pitch space.
Register for the next course:
April 26 - June 14, 2025
Saturdays, 10am Arizona time (MST)
$250 for eight 75-minute sessions.
Venmo payments: @JacobAdlerMusic
Jacob Adler is a composer, performer, and teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. He has taught music theory and contemporary music in higher ed for 15 years at Arizona State University and Paradise Valley Community College. He has been teaching advanced rhythm techniques since 2009 and microtonality since 2016. Jacob performs on the piano, organ, laptop, accordion, tanpura, and tsimbl in collaboration with musicians around the globe. He has performed his music at the Issue Project Room in New York, Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam, Musica Moderna festival in Łódź, Göteborg Organ Academy in Sweden, and other festivals in Europe and the US.
His advanced rhythm course can be found here: https://www.advancedrhythm.com
Jacob is available for private lessons.