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12 Tone Matrix Calculator - Music Composition 1.3.4

3.3 MB / 10+ Downloads / Rating 4.6 - 10 reviews


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12 Tone Matrix Calculator - Music Composition, developed and published by datapluscode, has released its latest version, 1.3.4, on 2019-11-20. This app falls under the Education category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 1000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.6, based on 10 reviews.

12 Tone Matrix Calculator - Music Composition APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.1+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.datapluscode.twelvematrix

Updated: 5 years ago

Developer Name: datapluscode

Category: Education

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing 12 Tone Matrix Calculator - Music Composition on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

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App Rating

4.6
Total 10 reviews

Reviews

4 ★, on 2020-12-04
It should have the name of each version's transposition on the sides, top and bottom (P, I, R, RI) It would be my first choice if it wasn't for lacking that crucial information.

5 ★, on 2020-01-16
It's a great calculator I love how I use interval addition to understand the chromatic scale intuitively by design!!^^;^

5 ★, on 2020-01-10
Does what it says, just choose your prime row Also, it gives you the option of choosing whether you want a row in pitch class (0, 1, 2, 3 etc.) or notes. One minor thing I'd like would be another choice with both sharps and flats and for a perfect experience maybe a simple piano sample so you can hear the row.

5 ★, on 2020-01-10
Does what it says, just choose your prime row Also, it gives you the option of choosing whether you want a row in pitch class (0, 1, 2, 3 etc.) or notes. One minor thing I'd like would be another choice with both sharps and flats and for a perfect experience maybe a simple piano sample so you can hear the row.

5 ★, on 2020-01-16
It's a great calculator I love how I use interval addition to understand the chromatic scale intuitively by design!!^^;^

Previous Versions

12 Tone Matrix Calculator - Music Composition 1.3.4
2019-11-20 / 3.3 MB / Android 4.1+

About this app

Instructions

This calculator helps identify all the pitch intervals required when using twelve-tone technique to create a twelve note music composition.

Simply enter the 12 starting tones, and the app will calculate the inversions and other forms.

If you wish you can generate a random matrix, and also view the matrix as either sharps/flats or pitch class integers.

Background

Twelve-tone technique also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism or twelve tone composition, is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951). It is associated with the "Second Viennese School" of composers, who were the primary users of the technique in the first few decades of its existence. The matrix itself has been referred to as a Babbitt square after the mathematician Milton Babbitt who invented it.

This style of music composition is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any one note through the use of tone rows, orderings of the 12 pitch classes.

All 12 notes are thus given more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in a key. Over time, the technique increased greatly in popularity and eventually became widely influential on 20th century composers. Many important composers who had originally not subscribed to or even actively opposed the technique, such as Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky have adopted it in their music.

Schoenberg himself described the system as a "Method of composing with twelve tones which are related only with one another". It is commonly considered a form of serialism. 👍

New features

Fixed layout errors on some devices.
Added support for Android Q (29).
Updated core Android libraries for greater stability

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.