Harmonic entropy
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:00 pm
First, some links for reference:
http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/h/harmonic-entropy.aspx
https://en.xen.wiki/w/Harmonic_entropy
From the Tonalsoft source, harmonic entropy "asks the question, 'how confused is my brain when it hears an interval?'", which I think is a pretty good definition.
I brought this up briefly in TTF back in its day but realized that this idea hasn't been discussed here on TromboneChat. Why bother? I think it is a potentially useful tool relevant to understanding playing in tune, even for more than dyads, which is its original context. Anyone who has practiced playing scales with drones (or even better, played with a good strobe tuner) knows how a pitch "slots" in as you get closer and closer to an "in-tune" interval, and how each interval can have it own kind of harmonic "color". Harmonic entropy is a way to translate that perception into a common framework.
http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/h/harmonic-entropy.aspx
https://en.xen.wiki/w/Harmonic_entropy
From the Tonalsoft source, harmonic entropy "asks the question, 'how confused is my brain when it hears an interval?'", which I think is a pretty good definition.
I brought this up briefly in TTF back in its day but realized that this idea hasn't been discussed here on TromboneChat. Why bother? I think it is a potentially useful tool relevant to understanding playing in tune, even for more than dyads, which is its original context. Anyone who has practiced playing scales with drones (or even better, played with a good strobe tuner) knows how a pitch "slots" in as you get closer and closer to an "in-tune" interval, and how each interval can have it own kind of harmonic "color". Harmonic entropy is a way to translate that perception into a common framework.