Contexts of Composition: Righting Wrong Notes

The Topic of MUS 534 is "Righting Wrong Notes". This seminar begins with the notion of 'blue' note - pitches that stand out as particularly expressive - and extends to 'wrongitude' in other realms more generally. Instead of normalizing perceived outliers as grammatically normative 'flat seventh,' 'part of a referential w,x,y,z tetrachord', 'inevitable' their disruptive nature is celebrated as intentional and a focus of inquiry.