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Reconceptualizing the Lydian Chromatic Concept: George Russell as Historical Theorist Michael McClimon Society for Music Theory . St. Louis, Missouri . October 31, 2015 Lydian — Lydian augmented 3rd mode of melodic minor, 7th mode of acoustic Lydian diminished 4rd mode of harmonic major Lydian flat seventh Acoustic, 4th mode of melodic minor
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Abstract: This paper explores the development of George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept during the early years of jazz education, composition, and improvisation from 1960- 1972.
The Lydian Chromatic Concept is an organization of tonal re- sources from which the jazz musician may draw to create his improvised lines. It is like an artist's palette: the paints and colors, in the form of scales and/or intervallic motives, are waiting to be blended by the improviser.
george russell's lydian chromatic concept of tonal organization, first described in a self-published pamphlet in 1953, marks a radical expansion of the harmonic language for both composition and analysis and also marks an abandonment of the major-minor system which dominated Western music for over 350 years.
- Lydian Chromatic Concept
- Tonal Gravity
- Chord/Scale Theory after Russell
- Mark Levine – The Jazz Theory Book
- Levine’s chapter on chord-scale theory
Chord/scale equivalence Lydian tonal organization Lydian Tonal Organization
The LYDIAN TONIC, as the musical “Star-Sun,” is the seminal source of tonal gravity and organization of a Lydian Chromatic scale. [...] UNITY is the state in which the Lydian Scale exists in relation to its I major and VI minor tonic station chords, as well as those on other scale degrees. Unity is . . . instantaneous completeness and oneness in th...
Jamey Aebersold – Jazz Handbook. Richard Grag/Barrie Nettles – and Jazz Harmony
• Joe Mulholland/Tom Hojnacki – Jazz Harmony The Berklee Book of
Major scale harmony Melodic minor scale harmony Diminished scale harmony Whole-tone scale harmony
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The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization is a 1953 jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian Chromatic Concept (LCC), or Lydian Chromatic Theory (LCT). Russell's work postulates that all music is based on the tonal gravity of the
The Lydian Chromatic concept is a music theory organizational framework based entirely on the idea of a naturally occurring harmonic system of musical tonality which is derived from the Lydian Scale (1-2-3-#4—5-6-7-1) instead of the commonly-used traditional major scale (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1).
