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TOTAMUSICA

21^st century music concepts for advanced musicians.

Music is a language. A foreign language to everyone.

WHY?

Study and practice within our musical system, free from the influence of any particular composer's work.

Sometimes it feels as though studying music requires analyzing the work of past composers.

With TOTAMUSICA, however, you can forge your own path. Our system allows you to access the true sounds of each option independently, without confining you to the stylistic context of any particular musical tradition.

This approach encourages a freer, more creative use of musical elements, unbound by the historical or traditional frameworks typically associated with music study.

An approach grounded in Allen Forte's list, centered on the direct perception of sound.

Allen Forte's list of pitch-class sets is typically presented in numerical form and only in its Prime Form.

With TOTAMUSICA, however, you can actually hear the sound of these sets, along with their various rotations and inversions.

Post-Tonal Theory tools applied to the study of music as a whole, exploring all the possibilities within our musical system.

Hear all the 348 possibilities!

Choose what you like!

Practice them!

Use them freely!

A clear visualization of all the sets, bypassing the centuries-old limitations of traditional notation and music theory.

Take advantage of the Integer Notation on the Clockface: you'll instantly grasp all those features of the sounds, that are obscured by our traditional musical notation, due to its use of seven names for twelve sounds.

Stop going in circles with Ear Training: learn it once and for all!

With TOTAMUSICA, you can focus on the sets you want to learn by customizing your own exercises and your own exploration of subsets, supersets, and more features.

Overtake the good-old Music Theory: pay dues to XX century music!

What about the incredible efforts of those groundbreaking musicians who reshaped music over the past century?

What about their practices and discoveries?

Why can't we recognize by ear that most of those sounds surround us in today's music?

A first step toward a real revolution in learning and teaching music.

The invention of recording marked a turning point in how we experience music: there's no going back.

Embrace this shift and join us in a new approach to studying music!

A lifelong companion.

Here you have it all.

No need to learn everything within a set timeframe: study the sets you want, whenever you want or need!

OUR TOOLS

EAR TRAINER

Train your ear to recognize the sounds of all possible Trichords, Tetrachords, Pentachords, Hexachords, Heptachords, Octachords, Enneachords, and Decachords. Concentrate on any Set you want until you've mastered it! Explore every Set's unique features by reviewing the INFO page for each one.

TEST IT

PCSET CALCULATOR

Identify set relationships by searching for exact subsets, supersets, rotations, and complementary sets. Move subsets in shapes diatonically to any set. Subdivide into groups. Find the mirror set for any given pitch axis. Search for sets with N common tones to refine harmonic and melodic material tailored to your compositions.

TEST IT

FEATURES

CLOCKFACE

Observe the shapes within the geometric logic of sounds as you listen: your ears will naturally benefit from it!

SCORE NOTATION

Keep a strong connection to traditional notation as you push the boundaries of perception.

PIANO KEYBOARD

Stay closely connected to practical music through the shapes on the piano keyboard.

FRETBOARD

Rediscover geometric shapes on the fretboard of your instrument: guitar, violin, doublebass and more.

ALL INTERFACES LINKED TOGETHER

Click or tap on any interface to listen and view notes, intervals, melodies, and chords. Everything will appear simultaneously on the clockface, staff, and keyboard as you hear the sounds!

You can test this app freely within a trial pool of pcsets.

FREE PCSET POOL

2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4
2-5
2-6
3-2A
3-2B
3-5A
3-5B
3-11A
3-11B
4-z15A
4-z15B
4-16A
4-16B
4-17
4-18A
4-18B
4-19A
4-19B
4-20
4-22A
4-22B
4-26
4-27A
4-27B
4-z29A
4-z29B
7-31A
7-31B
7-32A
7-32B
7-34
7-35
8-26
8-28
9-11A
9-12
11-1

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FEATURED VIDEOS

Overview

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The PCSET Calculator

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INFO PAGE

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