Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds

for crotales and sine tones

Michael Pisaro
For Greg Stuart

Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds is a set of materials for a piece for solo crotale(s) and sine
tones.

An interesting selection of crotales from the list of 25 given is made. (The range of crotales
used is C6 to C8.) Create an order, keeping in mind variation in the range and overall
shape. It is possible to use the same crotale more than once (with a different set of sine
tones each time).

In each section a single crotale is bowed for 16 minutes as sine tones are played from a
single speaker behind the percussionist. There should be a silence (of about a minute)
between each section.

The playback consists of a mono track of four sine tones, each lasting four minutes (with a
fade in/fade out of 45 seconds).

A set of ten 4-tone “melodies” (reading left to right) is given for each crotale–one of these
should be chosen for each section. The chart gives the pitch of the crotale, its
approximate frequency in equal temperament, and the sine tones (in hertz).

2011/2012
C6 1046.5
I II III IV
1 1039 1020 1083 1002
2 981 988 1045 1106
3 1029 1049 1050 1041
4 1120 1078 975 1034
5 1047 1050 1040 1047
6 1122 974 947 982
7 1044 1060 1053 1032
8 921 1095 1147 1023
9 1018 1099 1010 1020
10 1008 903 1056 1167

C#6 1108.7
I II III IV
1 1141 1117 1057 1103
2 1164 1125 1042 1130
3 1137 1065 1093 1108
4 1027 1120 1031 1162
5 1125 1105 1079 1091
6 1017 1121 1195 1110
7 1148 1063 998 1205
8 1115 1102 1085 1112
9 965 1016 1236 1041
10 1096 1109 1095 1115

D6 1174.7
I II III IV
1 1223 1166 1177 1128
2 1239 1193 1120 1176
3 1099 1144 1119 1097
4 1191 1150 1160 1163
5 1272 1087 1224 1217
6 1165 1176 1192 1204
7 1186 1204 1063 1295
8 1185 1167 1193 1171
9 1255 1306 1179 1054
10 1319 1051 1099 1308

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Eb6 1244.5
I II III IV
1 1276 1191 1296 1255
2 1313 1249 1243 1182
3 1202 1280 1253 1287
4 1314 1166 1190 1332
5 1204 1266 1306 1289
6 1226 1238 1243 1270
7 1377 1299 1336 1111
8 1245 1258 1233 1252
9 1097 1385 1363 1181
10 1070 1405 1292 1268

E6 1318.5
I II III IV
1 1327 1376 1336 1311
2 1337 1270 1326 1396
3 1275 1345 1344 1361
4 1356 1370 1419 1225
5 1348 1299 1306 1339
6 1436 1216 1331 1423
7 1311 1341 1338 1346
8 1302 1349 1295 1201
9 1332 1332 1305 1317
10 1451 1211 1271 1342

F6 1396.9
I II III IV
1 1433 1385 1371 1416
2 1431 1337 1399 1452
3 1435 1403 1356 1433
4 1405 1480 1336 1323
5 1360 1439 1403 1397
6 1302 1397 1393 1471
7 1377 1384 1429 1414
8 1368 1530 1273 1340
9 1413 1382 1399 1408
10 1396 1534 1380 1261

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F#6 1480
I II III IV
1 1538 1498 1423 1505
2 1529 1544 1420 1523
3 1484 1435 1500 1523
4 1470 1393 1540 1465
5 1448 1474 1444 1464
6 1372 1545 1577 1493
7 1477 1479 1496 1499
8 1622 1412 1586 1492
9 1486 1480 1500 1475
10 1435 1620 1646 1341

G6 1569
I II III IV
1 1519 1580 1609 1556
2 1637 1515 1574 1570
3 1537 1520 1559 1610
4 1597 1653 1474 1630
5 1608 1538 1581 1599
6 1515 1674 1600 1461
7 1595 1553 1559 1594
8 1714 1657 1470 1700
9 1558 1588 1550 1585
10 1394 1560 1755 1414

Ab6 1661.2
I II III IV
1 1646 1711 1661 1615
2 1714 1642 1637 1632
3 1657 1707 1666 1626
4 1563 1708 1747 1648
5 1628 1695 1673 1683
6 1544 1776 1729 1756
7 1684 1680 1672 1676
8 1799 1748 1813 1508
9 1662 1648 1673 1657
10 1809 1859 1486 1553

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A6 1760
I II III IV
1 1798 1767 1715 1741
2 1796 1671 1817 1709
3 1742 1720 1782 1763
4 1659 1742 1826 1863
5 1725 1725 1781 1750
6 1616 1915 1652 1889
7 1743 1751 1735 1769
8 1880 1928 1601 1665
9 1747 1762 1771 1766
10 1781 1977 1851 1760

Bb6 1864.7
I II III IV
1 1876 1879 1884 1809
2 1774 1793 1944 1923
3 1920 1888 1817 1906
4 1966 1781 1806 1923
5 1823 1872 1850 1902
6 1724 1970 2004 1904
7 1832 1820 1892 1900
8 1831 2015 1681 1908
9 1861 1851 1890 1864
10 2041 1949 2065 1720

B6 1975.5
I II III IV
1 1913 2039 2006 1937
2 2046 1874 1891 2077
3 1948 1959 1929 2024
4 1841 2056 2110 2090
5 1945 1989 2009 1966
6 1816 1853 2131 1997
7 1940 2006 1959 1974
8 1902 2161 1784 1906
9 1964 1952 1960 1971
10 1820 2186 2020 1752

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C7 2093
I II III IV
1 2030 2132 2160 2087
2 2045 2190 1985 1998
3 2059 2144 2040 2122
4 1962 2001 2082 2225
5 2054 2120 2130 2081
6 1968 2265 2129 1931
7 2102 2102 2088 2099
8 2126 2240 1918 2068
9 2087 2071 2100 2090
10 2314 1919 2280 1867

C#7 2217.5
I II III IV
1 2162 2238 2274 2292
2 2163 2246 2276 2321
3 2244 2280 2171 2160
4 2263 2159 2353 2092
5 2230 2268 2212 2260
6 2108 2302 2264 2387
7 2247 2190 2195 2224
8 2432 2020 2272 2246
9 2203 2230 2210 2219
10 2460 2037 2316 2064

D7 2349.3
I II III IV
1 2290 2374 2358 2315
2 2364 2276 2416 2313
3 2359 2291 2393 2404
4 2408 2218 2367 2487
5 2380 2343 2351 2309
6 2196 2431 2403 2541
7 2350 2328 2380 2370
8 2304 2136 2557 2461
9 2357 2340 2347 2364
10 2451 2080 2563 2222

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Eb7 2489
I II III IV
1 2412 2492 2425 2539
2 2610 2607 2374 2466
3 2438 2472 2502 2550
4 2523 2486 2586 2626
5 2520 2465 2501 2443
6 2514 2477 2392 2671
7 2475 2509 2452 2464
8 2349 2263 2592 2736
9 2500 2480 2494 2488
10 2738 2323 2205 2482

E7 2637
I II III IV
1 2927 2560 2642 2641
2 2759 2541 2718 2621
3 2686 2625 2590 2609
4 2791 2671 2541 2493
5 2624 2598 2679 2670
6 2816 2637 2454 2483
7 2612 2633 2657 2645
8 2403 2878 2465 2767
9 2620 2650 2631 2650
10 2951 2795 2359 2674

F7 2793.8
I II III IV
1 2708 2742 2885 2824
2 2675 2934 2855 2798
3 2840 2854 2723 2880
4 2818 2675 2961 2905
5 2740 2841 2857 2781
6 2799 2607 3002 2718
7 2750 2781 2824 2792
8 2775 3036 2645 2912
9 2771 2810 2808 2798
10 2964 3098 2486 2972

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F#7 2960
I II III IV
1 3049 3035 2882 2945
2 3043 3086 2831 3110
3 2962 2896 3006 3035
4 2918 2793 2833 3093
5 2950 2996 3023 2910
6 2794 3015 3200 3125
7 2963 2974 2921 2985
8 2919 2780 3255 2856
9 2944 2960 2969 2976
10 2862 3135 3318 2645

G7 3136
I II III IV
1 3233 3194 3051 3169
2 3004 3130 3265 3082
3 3219 3174 3057 3150
4 3196 3278 2970 3294
5 3098 3186 3139 3077
6 3072 3228 2965 2912
7 3105 3095 3167 3143
8 3044 3427 3129 3184
9 3121 3152 3140 3130
10 2966 3482 2799 3238

Ab7 3322.4
I II III IV
1 3278 3415 3257 3225
2 3208 3456 3239 3196
3 3377 3403 3251 3244
4 3160 3508 3444 3385
5 3381 3319 3326 3362
6 3415 3399 3105 3575
7 3333 3286 3365 3317
8 3029 3646 3374 3606
9 3349 3324 3301 3340
10 3561 3722 2962 3467

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A7 3520
I II III IV
1 3430 3590 3615 3559
2 3511 3670 3650 3375
3 3490 3440 3594 3537
4 3611 3333 3678 3542
5 3460 3560 3525 3580
6 3663 3262 3762 3366
7 3518 3552 3527 3486
8 3408 3269 3382 3851
9 3500 3502 3539 3508
10 3748 3120 3870 3634

Bb7 3729.3
I II III IV
1 3626 3640 3840 3775
2 3578 3624 3878 3821
3 3811 3791 3649 3683
4 3581 3524 3583 3612
5 3800 3701 3750 3704
6 3907 3570 3474 3978
7 3761 3681 3750 3778
8 3630 3754 4107 3496
9 3738 3700 3713 3727
10 3722 3471 4205 4009

B7 3951.1
I II III IV
1 4005 3854 3995 4054
2 4108 3898 3780 3909
3 3933 3948 4037 3889
4 3754 4010 4080 4193
5 3996 4017 3885 3928
6 4278 3755 4047 4185
7 3917 3906 3960 3983
8 3666 4227 4057 3827
9 3930 3950 3972 3941
10 3531 4040 3696 4406

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C8 4186
I II III IV
1 4295 4070 4181 4256
2 4307 4353 4178 4017
3 4276 4099 4108 4169
4 4058 4166 4425 3955
5 4169 4241 4186 4115
6 4473 4544 4109 3911
7 4135 4178 4226 4202
8 3788 4572 4298 4081
9 4153 4153 4189 4189
10 3742 4430 4130 4772

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