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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 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 Lydian mode .
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- George Russell
The Lydian Scale is the musical passive force. Its unified tonal gravity field, ordained by the ladder of fifths, serves as a theoretical basis for tonal organization within the Lydian Chromatic Scale and, ultimately, for the entire Lydian Chromatic Concept. There is no “goal pressure” within the tonal gravity field of a Lydian Scale.
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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.
1. Nov. 2023 · George Russell conceptualized his Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization as a theory of tonality. He includes an analysis of the opening of Maurice Ravel’s “Forlane” from Le Tombeau de Couperin in the fourth and final edition of his text to demonstrate what his theory—“The Concept”—offers for the analysis of Western art music.
Chord-Scale Theory is based on George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization ([1953] 2001), and it was popularized by jazz educators Jamey Aebersold, David Baker, and Jerry Coker. The basic concept is that every chord comes from a parent scale; or, to put it another way, every chord in a progression can be colored by a ...
