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The first Natural Canon presented on the site is in what we call Diatonic Harmony which operates within a Diatonic Window in a given key, major (here C major) or minor, possibly both, but without any kind of rhythmic structure. There is no specific beginning, and especially no specific end,
and the rhythmic position of each chord (on the Beat or on the Off-beat) is in no way indicated. A performance canon is produced from the original complete harmonic structure by pruning/erasing the notes at the beginning so that each performing
voice (SATB) comes in on the same Orbit, in this case Orbit 0. But there is still no specific end, no rhythmic quality, and this is probably its most evident musical "weakness" or at
least incompleteness. Specifying the rhythmic nature of each chord, and thereby placing us in Melodic Harmony, seems the simplest and most evident way of increasing the musical quality and interest of these Natural Canons. This addition
of rhythmic form, as well as the different harmonic possibilities of changing Swings, will not require any form of human creativity,
imagination, or intuition whatsoever, only simple mechanical, technical manipulation.
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