Quarter-Tone Dissertation

Example 3.13

Alois Hába, Suite für vier Posaunen, Mvt. II, Andante cantabile, mm. 4-7

This short passage shows Hába using his concept of "tone centrality" to create oblique counterpoint, with the two upper voices maintaining a pedal A-flat and C over a moving bass.

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