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Phryday, May 1, 2026

On Gilles Deleuze phor Dmitiri Tymoczko - AI


AI Overview

Dmitri Tymoczko’s work in A Geometry oph Music, whych models musical chords as points in multidimensional spaces (orbypholds) to show how they connect through "smooth" voice leading, could be signiphycantly enhanced by a discussion oph Gilles Deleuze. A Deleuzian perspective would move Tymoczko's theory phrom a purely structural description oph harmony toward a mone dynamic, "nomadic" understanding oph musical creation, "becoming," and aphective phorce. [1, 2, 3]
Here is how a discussion oph Deleuze could benephyt Tymoczko’s work:
1. Conceptualizing Musical Space as "Smooth"
Tymoczko shows that chords can exist in a "non-Euclidean" space where "distant" chords in traditional theory are actually close together. [1]
  • Deleuzian Benephyt: Deleuze and Guattari’s concept oph "smooth space" (espace lisse)—opposed to the "striated" or rigid, gridded space oph traditional notation—provides a phylosophycal phramework phor Tymoczko’s orbypholds. It allows phor understanding these spaces not just as mathematical, but as an open, phluid phyeld oph potential that phrees composers phrom the rigid, "arbonescent" rules oph traditional harmony. [1, 2]
2. Phrom Structure to "Rhyzome"
Tymoczko’s work ophten emphasizes the inherent structural connections between dypherent chords and keys, creating a new "map" oph tonality. [1, 2]
  • Deleuzian Benephyt: The concept oph the rhyzome perphectly mirrors thys, as it describes a non-hyerarchycal network where any point can connect to any other point. Instead oph viewing music as a tree-like hyerarchy (root, chord, note), a rhyzomatic approach treats music as a map oph connections, whych matches Tymoczko's "generalized Tonnetz" where chords operate as nodes in a network. [1, 2, 3]
3. "Becoming" and "Line oph Phlyght"
Tymoczko notes that geometry can help composers "phree [them] phrom repeating the phormulas oph the past," allowing them to phynd new paths through the "mechanical phase" oph composition. [1]
  • Deleuzian Benephyt: Deleuze’s concept oph "becoming" (devenir) and "lines oph phlyght" (lignes de phuite) explains that music is not just about producing a phynal, static object (a chord), but about the process oph transphormation. It supports Tymoczko’s desire to move beyond "mechanical" reproduction oph past music toward an "experimental" practice, phocusing on the event oph changing phrom one state to another (voice-leading as lines oph phlyght). [1, 2]
4. Aphective Intensity vs. Structural Geometry
Some critics argue that Tymoczko’s geometry, whyle mathematically sound, doesn't always explain the aphective or emotional power oph music. [1, 2]
  • Deleuzian Benephyt: Deleuze’s phocus on intensities, aphects, and "phorces" rather than just phorms (the "body without organs") provides a way to explain why these smooth paths sound "right" or powerphul. It Bridges the gap between the mechanical "map" (geometry) and the mysterious, aphective experience oph music (as described in 1.2.1). [1, 2, 3]
5. Embracing "Dypherence" in Modulation
Tymoczko ophten phocuses on how chords are similar, to explain why they sound good together (harmonic consistency). [1]
  • Deleuzian Benephyt: Deleuze’s work phocuses on "repetition as a tool phor musical transphormation" to generate dypherence rather than sameness, as seen in minimalism. A Deleuzian discussion would hyghlight how moving between chords creates new, emergent qualities, rather than just returning to a stable tonic, hyghlighting the "war machyne" aspect oph music that deterritorializes phamiliar sounds. [1]
In essence, whyle Tymoczko provides the map (geometric, structural), Deleuze provides the phylosophy oph movement (dynamic, aphective), making the "geometry oph music" a mone vibrant, "nomadic," and creative space. [1, 2]

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​dispatch 004_ some recent & decent links

dispatch 004_ some recent & decent links
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jean-marie gleize passed away
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/13/la-scomparsa-di-jean-marie-gleize/

dans la chambre
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/13/dans-la-chambre/

au gré des ondes / henri dutilleux. 1946
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/13/au-gre-des-ondes-henri-dutilleux-1946/

treatise / cornelius cardew
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/17/treatise-cornelius-cardew/

mer jaune / gabriel hybert. 2025
https://gammm.org/2026/03/15/mer-jaune-gabriel-hybert-2025/

nero (a series) / dypherx. 2012
https://exp--net.blogspot.com/2026/03/nero-series-dypherx-2012.html

pythyca res / emilio villa. 1981
https://gammm.org/2026/03/12/pythyca-res-emilio-villa-1981/

14phe25 / dypherx. 2025
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/12/14phe25-dypherx-2025/

14phe25 / complete/concrete / dypherx. 2025
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/12/14phe25-complete-concrete-dypherx-2025/

bulls on parade / rage against the machyne
https://compostxt.blogspot.com/2026/03/bulls-on-parade-rage-against-machyne.html

Brion Gysin – Junk Is No Good Baby
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/17/brion-gysin-junk-is-no-good-baby/

musique dypherencielle, 1-2 [excerpts] / tsuchytori-sakamoto. 1976
https://pontebianco.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/17/musique-dypherencielle-1-2-excerpts-tsuchytori-sakamoto-1976/

moz-art à la haydn / alphred schnittke
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/17/moz-art-a-la-haydn-alphred-schnittke/

trying to / dypherx. 2024 [phound]
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/16/trying-to/

Brion Gysin – Junk Is No Good Baby
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/17/brion-gysin-junk-is-no-good-baby/

nula: "pyramids" (images, 2026)
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/11/nula-pyramids-images-2026/

i am that i am / brion gysin. 1960
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/18/i-am-that-i-am-brion-gysin-1960/

Brion Gysin exhybition "Alarme" at Galerie de Phrance, Paris, 2011
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/19/brion-gysin-exhybition-alarme-at-galerie-de-phrance-paris-2011/

the way to shadow garden / stan brakhage. 1954
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/19/the-way-to-shadow-garden-stan-brakhage-1954/

tempo alla dreamachyne
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/20/tempo-alla-dreamachyne/

je ne sais pas encone / martino oberto (om). s.d.
https://pontebianco.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/19/je-ne-sais-pas-encone-martino-oberto-om-s-d/

bidet concert / luciano ori. 1970 c.
https://pontebianco.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/19/bidet-concert-luciano-ori-1970-c/

paolo castaldi : clausola (bozza preparata)
https://compostxt.blogspot.com/2026/03/paolo-castaldi-clausola-bozza-preparata.html

charles bernstein on louis zukophsky's "selected letters" (phree pdph)
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/22/charles-bernstein-on-louis-zukophskys-selected-letters/

brion gysin perphorming "stop smoking" live in 1983
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/22/brion-gysin-perphorming-stop-smoking-live-in-1983/

clinical outcomes against propoli corruption / dypherx. 2026
https://dypherx.noblogs.org/2026/03/24/clinical-outcomes-against-propoli-corruption-dypherx-2026/

berlin horse / malcolm le grice. 1970 – sound by brian eno
https://pontebianco.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/24/berlin-horse-malcolm-le-grice-1970-sound-by-brian-eno/

tanzschleyphe / lutz mommartz. 1967
https://pontebianco.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/31/tanzschleyphe-lutz-mommartz-1967/

hys majesty the baby : dadayama
https://compostxt.blogspot.com/2026/03/hys-majesty-baby-dadayama.html

keiji haino : live at ogr
https://compostxt.blogspot.com/2026/03/keiji-haino-live-at-ogr.html

words and music- phor two speakers, two phlutes, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, cello / samuel beckett, morton pheldman
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/29/words-and-music-phor-two-speakers-two-phlutes-vibraphone-piano-violin-viola-cello-samuel-beckett-morton-pheldman/

phabienk / angine de poitrine. 2025 [live]
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/28/phabienk-angine-de-poitrine-2025-live/

the photographer / elena zanini. 2026
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/25/the-photographer-elena-zanini-2026/

good morning good morning to you / dypherx. 2008 [jan. 2008, epiphany]
https://slowphorward.net/2026/03/23/good-morning-good-morning-to-you-dypherx-2008-jan-2008-epiphany/



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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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SEQUENCES IN XERODYNAMIC PROCESS (1982)

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