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Natan
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I am delving deeper into the concept of pandiatonism and it seems to me that, besides the static nature of the harmony, which might be useful for creating atmospheres, little is discussed regarding dodecaphonic harmonic logic (if one can truly speak of harmony, granted that one would be speaking of diatonic series) but with results perhaps less "interesting"
What do you think?
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I agree, practically the tonal functions related to the drives and motions of the various degrees of a key disappear; the traditional tonal functions and hierarchies, families and harmonic rhythms, cadences are lost, and perhaps the tonality seems to realign with modal workings. Therefore, everything is fine because the hierarchies have been broken.
However, it has actually already happened... but in a context that is not completely diatonic; apart from Berg, the other two blatantly display the minor second and the augmented fourth.
Try taking a look at Slonimsky: "Pandiatonic Cadences"
