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Liquid-based methods for collecting cervical cells and preparing them for laboratory evaluation are available.
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Based on the wildly popular young-adult novel, there has perhaps been no tear-jerker as highly anticipated as this one - it is apparently the most-liked official trailer in the history of YouTube. Fans of the book may already know what they're getting themselves in for with this story of two terminally ill teens who fall in love, but that doesn't mean they are safe from the force of the ugly-cry.
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You just can't have a list of tear-jerkers without a Nicholas Sparks movie sneaking in there - and to be honest, we could have compiled this entire list based on his works alone. But it was The Notebook that brought us Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and the greatest love story of all time. Noah + Allie = raising expectations of relationships since 2004. That scene at the end when Allie realises Noah has been reading her the story of their lives - we just can't handle the intensity.
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"*Starred Review* Says 15-year-old Katie, "The only thing I really love is swimming. Sometimes I feel like I don't really exist outside of the water." When her parents send her to boarding school after her schizophrenic brother, Will, attempts suicide, Katie loves the escape that Woodsdale offers from her family: institutionalized and increasingly violent Will; her emotionally distant dad; and her alcoholic mom. She also loves the intensity of the school's swim team, with its motto that "practice isn't over until someone pukes," and she begins a tender relationship with a gorgeous fellow swimmer, Drew, a devout Christian who, unlike most of their classmates, is still a virgin. After a misunderstanding leads to a lie, Katie tells her new friends that Will is dead. Only Katie's roommate, Mazzie, knows the truth, and that shared secret begins the deep friendship at the core of this heartbreaking debut. Stretched over three years, the episodic novel, narrated in Katie's raw voice, meanders occasionally in its focus. But Warman's achingly realistic scenes and characters transcend cliché, and with rare, refreshing honesty and flashes of wry humor, she writes about the intimacy of boarding school, the anguish of family illness, finding a sense of self in sports and in life, and the small, mysterious, imperfect moments that add up to love in all its forms. " ―Booklist, starred review
"*Starred Review* Though there's plenty of weight in the plot, this isn't a book about events so much as human dynamics, and characterization is vivid and exquisite. Katie is achingly real, and her relationship with her ferocious, guarded, and superbly faithful roommate, Mazzie, is one of the most tender and intimate platonic friendships in YA lit….Since readers make the journey with Katie, they'll sympathize with her choices and failures, and they'll be glad to see, in the closing epilogue from ten years on, that she learns to find her own stability while remaining connected to Will. Along the way to that hard-fought end, they'll find the boarding-school experience enviable, the family situation poignant, and Katie a protagonist they'll understand, support, and forgive." ―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
"*Starred Review* Katie, 15, is most herself when she is in the water, swimming faster and better all the time. Things were so much simpler when the Kitrells were poor–her family seemed closer. Now that they are financially comfortable, their relationships have deteriorated. Katie's parents become more and more wrapped up in one another, and Katie feels excluded. She is still close to her older brother, Will, who is schizophrenic, and when his behavior becomes more erratic and extreme, she becomes concerned and frightened. Their father, now successful in his psychiatric practice, seems unable to maintain any warm relationships with his children, and sends Katie away to boarding school. There she is accepted by the most popular girls and attracts the attention of gorgeous Drew, captain of the swim team. Katie is also intrigued by her strangely withdrawn roommate and works on building her trust. Eventually, too much drinking, smoking, and worrying about her family take their toll on her swimming performance. When her brother's illness spirals out of control again, Katie faces serious personal losses and challenges that have no simple solutions. Warman treats Will's schizophrenia with stark honesty as seen through his sister's eyes. Similar to Jessica Lee Anderson's Border Crossing (Milkweed, 2009), this novel provides an important look at an extremely difficult illness and its effects on a family. " ―School Library Journal, starred review
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Jessica Warman is the author of Breathless, Where the Truth Lies, and Between, which have received six starred reviews among them. Between was published in a total of twelve countries around the world. Jessica has an MA in creative writing and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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This is not a light hearted story about boarding school and a girl who gets caught up in a circle of lies or "omissions". There's alot of heartache here. I found this book to be incredibly depressing. Katie's mother is a drunk, her father is mostly absent from her life, her brother is insane and she gets shipped off to boarding school where she attempts to carve a life for herself among people that she considers "friends" but admits that she doesn't like very much. There's lots of drug use, underage drinking and sexual situations in this book. For me, all the alcohol overwhelms the story at some points. Some of her friends at school are not believable at all; Estella is really over the top and Drew comes across as a caricature at times.
This is a well written book, but not one I'm prone to recommend just because it is so overwhelmingly bleak.
Filled with poignant, real-life situations, and characters that practically breathe, Warman's debut novel will grasp you by the heart and squeeze you so tightly, you won't be free of it, even after you read the last word. This is an amazing study of teen years, hitting on all pertinent problems in teenaged society...and the world. While BREATHLESS is marketed toward the latter spectrum of young adult readers, this is mainstream at its best. Men and women of all ages, and teens of both genders, will identify with this profound masterpiece. I will be pre-ordering Warman's next book (reportedly entitled NOBODY'S BABIES,) and can hardly wait for its release.
What an enthralling read, Ms. Warman!
What carries Breathless, in my opinion, is the writing. Jessica Warman's prose is beautiful, lush; insightful without being melodramatic.
The rest of the novel, however, did not live up to the writing. I didn't really like the characters. While I felt for Katie during her time at home and her problems with her family, she really annoyed me when she's at boarding school. The way she treats other people at school doesn't fit to the way she acts at home. I was annoyed by how conceited she is, thinking she'll get into Yale for sure and always saying she's the fastest swimmer. I also disliked how much Katie smoked and drank without those topics ever really being addressed.
While I liked that the author gave all of the secondary characters unique personalities, I didn't really get their relationships with Katie. I didn't get why Estella, the most popular girl at school, would befriend Katie when she doesn't even get along that well with her most of the time. Drew's relationship with Katie is boring, but I can't really criticize that, since that's the way it's supposed to be. Mazzie is probably my favorite character. She's complex and dynamic, and I like that she had her own problems but was still there for Katie. How close the two are, though, is accentuated a little too much to be realistic.
I'm split on what to say about the family-storyline. It was interesting for me to read about Will's schizophrenia and his episodes seem realistic, but I don't know anything about that kind of thing so I can't really judge that.Read more ›
Champion swimmer Katie is sent to boarding school after her older brother's latest schizophrenic episode. For the first time she's popular and has a boyfriend, Drew, though she's closest to roommate Mazzie.
Katie first person narration seemed authentic and I could read for hours at a time without a break. I like Jessica Warman's writing style. She mixes great dialogue, description and plot and BREATHLESS has great voice.
Katie was perfectly imperfect, with a good heart but not always the best judgment. She's kind, most of the time, and honest some of the time. I loved her complicated relationship with her brother as his mental health deteriorates. I adored Mazzie, my favorite character, secretive, sardonic and and loyal. The only character I truly loathed was Drew, a holy roller who thought Katie and Mazzie were going to hell for being agnostic and Buddhist respectively. He was subtly possessive and controlling, but that was never addressed. On the surface he treated Katie quite well. I kept hoping she'd kick him to the curb or he'd fall in love with another holy roller.
The entire book alluded to Mazzie's mother dying under either traumatic or mysterious circumstances, and I didn't like the way that was resolved. Aside from that, the book had closure and an epilogue, though they were somewhat weak.
An added bonus, there is some crossover of characters between BREATHLESS and Warman's WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, which takes place in another boarding school.
Themes: boarding school, mental illness, friendship, dating, partying, swimming, family
A fun read, but I doubt a memorable one.
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I liked the book quite a bit it has good plot, is interesting and is written well. I just wish she would have put a little more into the end of the story.Published 1 month ago by fantasy
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I'm looking for a way to call a COM port from a webpage.
I was thinking abut running a Java WebStart (or Flash?) program that opens a local web server that allows to interact with the COM port using JSONP.
Are there any show stopping security restrictions on the way that I don't know of? This should be possible:
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- open a local port
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- do all this without scaring users with "This website is trying to do something really nasty, get off as fast as you can" kind of messages :)
I've used a Java COM bridge before, so this shouldn't be the problem - at least as soon as I'm able to run native code.
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At the first table past the doorway, you will certainly see, chowing down, Michel Bergeron, who coached the Quebec Nordiques at a time when the ill-tempered Montreal-Quebec rivalry spoiled a lot of Sunday dinners in a province. Michel Therrien, who coached Pittsburgh to the 2008 Stanley Cup Final, is there some nights. Jean Perron, coach of the 1986 Cup champion Canadiens, is a regular. Mario Tremblay, another ex-Canadiens head coach who later soaked up the coaching musings of Jacques Lemaire as his assistant in Minnesota and, briefly, New Jersey, might be there on the nights he is doing between-period work for RDS, a French-language all-sports network that carries all Montreal games.The talking heads ebb and flow. Jacques Demers (1993 Cup with Montreal) is now Senator Jacques Demers, if you please, hanging around Parliament in Ottawa instead of dishing regularly on RDS. Guy Carbonneau, a Jack Adams Award finalist with Montreal who popped up on TV occasionally, last month went back to riding the buses as coach in Chicoutimi, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team for which he once played and now co-owns.Tallied up, theirs is not shabby collective curriculum vitae.Other than having actually accomplished something tangible behind NHL benches, another thing they have in common -- besides punditry in a hockey-obsessed market -- is an inability, at least at present, to get another head coaching job in the NHL.Now if you want to play the language card, don't. There is a healthy representation of French-speaking coaches in the NHL. If the most deserving 2011 Jack Adams-winner is not Vancouver's Alain Vigneault, whose calm has helped weather a rash of injuries on the Canucks' defense, it is Guy Boucher, who has brought a 1-3-1 system, creative power play schemes, and a strong sense of trust during his impressive first season with Tampa Bay. There's also Boston's Claude Julien and Montreal's Jacques Martin, who coached a surprise conference finalist last spring and has the Canadiens a solid sixth in the east this season despite crippling injuries to key blueliners. Most famously, Lemaire unretired at New Jersey President Lou Lamoriello's behest and has performed CPR on the now-surging Devils.Indeed, it's worth noting that on some level linguistic ability might have helped in the aforementioned coaches' careers -- at least initially. All but two were hired for their first NHL head-coaching job by a Quebec-based team (Bergeron, Demers, Perron,Carbonneau, Tremblay, Therrien, Julien, Lemaire, Vigneault) or, in Hartley's case, a francophone GM. (Martin began in Ottawa while Boucher coached in the minors for Montreal before being hired by the Lightning.) Former Colorado GM Pierre Lacroix gave Hartley his break with the Avalanche. Hartley, who later coached Atlanta, thought he was about to get a chance to lead a third NHL team, but Jay Feaster, who had worked with Hartley in the AHL, was fired in Tampa Bay in the Oren Koules-Len Barrie purge and ended up with the GM job in Calgary."I would never think of using language as an excuse," Hartley says.So why would coaches with portfolios be out of work?* Supply and demand. While the number of NHL teams is stable at 30, the number of would-be coaches is swelling. There is simply more competition for jobs and that presents a stiff challenge even for a credentialed coach like Therrien, who had helped turn Pittsburgh into a contender before he wore on his players.* The success of ex-minor league coaches in the NHL. Boucher, a wunderkind, is only the latest example of a recent AHL graduate (Hamilton) who is making a difference.In 2007, Randy Carlyle (Manitoba) won the Cup with Anaheim. Bruce Boudreau (Manchester, later Hershey) pushed Washington into a playoff berth the season of his Thanksgiving promotion. There's Bylsma, of course, who one-upped Therrien by winning the Cup after his predecessor was fired in February 2009. Once upon a time, Hartley (Hershey), in his third season following Marc Crawford in Colorado, also won the Cup.Now Hartley jabbers on TV, having moved from Montreal's leading gabfest, L'antichambre on RDS, to Le Match on LCN/TVA. Like Carbonneau, he is only 50, which is still prime coaching age. He would weigh a return to the buses in junior -- he reached a Memorial Cup with Laval -- like Vigneault, the ex-Canadiens coach who, after two years coaching in the Q for a third time, advanced back up the hockey food chain to Manitoba and then Vancouver. Hartley would also consider an NHL assistant's job and maybe even one in a Europe if the situation is right."I wouldn't want my wife living in Atlanta or in the Laurentians (hills north of Montreal) because I took a job that wasn't in the right place," says Hartley, who says he receives a few calls annually from NHL and European teams. "If I went to Europe, it would also be for the life experience. I've been married for 30 years. My wife would have to be happy, too."Hartley is still coaching. You can find him on the ice in Laval, just north of Montreal. He teaches three groups in his hockey school: beer leaguers who want to improve their skills, high-end teen prospects, and, finally, children under the age of six."Whether you get to work with a Joe Sakic and a Patrick Roy or three-year-olds learning how to skate for the first time by pushing a chair, it's still about the sport of hockey," Hartley says. "On the ice, with a whistle around my neck, I'm a coach." More NHL


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Byrd scores 22, Purdue upends No. 17 Wisconsin
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- Purdue came to the Kohl Center and beat No. 17 Wisconsin at its own game.
D.J. Byrd scored nine of his 22 points during a decisive second-half run as the Boilermakers upset the Badgers 69-56 to all but eliminate Wisconsin from contention in the tightly contested Big Ten race.
Terone Johnson added 16 points for Purdue (14-15, 7-9 Big Ten), half of which came in the 21-3 surge that carried the visitors to their first win in Madison since January 2009.
And the Boilermakers did it the way the Badgers have won many games: Tough defense, rebounding and hustling for loose balls.
``I think the numbers show that they did a better job on some of those hustle plays,'' Wisconsin's Jared Berggren said. ``That's something we normally take pride in controlling and getting more than our fair share of rebounds, loose balls, things like that. We didn't do a good job coming away with those and that cost us.''
Purdue, which had lost three straight road games and four of five overall, outrebounded Wisconsin 39-27 _ including a 12-6 advantage on the offensive glass _ and limited the Badgers to 29.6 percent shooting (8-for-27) after halftime.
Wisconsin (20-9, 11-5) missed its final 18 3-pointers, including all 12 of its attempts in the second half. Berggren scored 13 points and Ryan Evans and Sam Dekker had 10 apiece for the Badgers, who had won six of their previous seven.
``I thought our guys did a good job taking them out of rhythm, and when they had a couple that were open, I thought they rushed them a little bit,'' Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said. ``Sometimes that happens when you fight to get an open one.''
Meanwhile, Wisconsin couldn't handle the combination of Johnson slicing through the lane and Byrd connecting from beyond the arc.
``We kept getting shots in the paint, and that opened things up for D.J. on the outside,'' said Johnson, who scored 10 points in the second half. ``It was a snowball effect. Guys started making shots, guys started rebounding harder.''
Byrd hit three 3-pointers and Johnson added four baskets in the big run for Purdue. Wisconsin, meanwhile, missed five of six shots from the field and committed four turnovers in the 7:31 stretch as it fell behind 54-45.
``I thought we really did a good job rebounding, offensively and defensively,'' said Byrd, who hit six of nine 3-pointers and matched his season high for points. ``It gave us extra opportunities to knock down shots and extra opportunities just to have the ball in our hands.''
The Badgers, who won their previous three games by at least 20 points, opened up a 13-point lead in the first half and led by nine early in the second half.
``We had them down, and we just didn't step on their throats like we needed to,'' Wisconsin's Mike Bruesewitz said.
Sandi Marcius complemented Byrd and Johnson, scoring eight of his 10 points in the second half to reach double figures for just the second time this season.
``We kept battling back,'' Painter said. ``For this team, it's only happened one time all year. It's a real tribute to our guys just staying with it this time of year.''
Wisconsin is still mathematically alive in the Big Ten chase, but it seems highly unlikely the Badgers will claim their first title since 2007-08. They'll need to win their final two games, Thursday at No. 9 Michigan State and next Sunday at Penn State, and get a lot of help to claim a share of the championship.
It also was the first time in Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan's 12-year tenure that the Badgers lost on Senior Day.
Evans, one of five seniors honored before and after the game, started and extended his streak to 132 consecutive games played despite suffering a right knee sprain in practice Thursday.
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How will NCAA selection committee evaluate BYU without Collinsworth?
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
PROVO — So how will the NCAA selection committee evaluate BYU and the curious case of Kyle Collinsworth?
The Cougars played a strong schedule, claimed 23 victories, won 10 of their final 12 games, and were runner-ups in the West Coast Conference behind Gonzaga.
But BYU has been on the proverbial NCAA tournament bubble for much of the season.
Making things even a little more nerve-wracking for the Cougars, they will be without Collinsworth for the rest of the season due to a knee injury. The sophomore guard tore the ACL in his right knee during the WCC tournament championship game last Tuesday.
NCAA tournament selection committee chairman Ron Wellman said this week that each team's season is examined closely.
"I can assure you, in any situation, whether it regards an injury or an overall evaluation of a team, the committee not only looks at the victory or the won-loss record, we look at how the team played, who they played, where they played that particular team," Wellman said. "So it is a very deep evaluation of a team."
WCC commissioner Jamie Zaninovich, who is leaving for a job in the Pac-12 this summer, is a member of the tournament committee, which would seem to play in BYU's favor.
As of Friday afternoon, ESPN.com bracketologist Joe Lunardi projected the Cougars as "one of the last four in" the tournament. He has BYU as a No. 11 seed playing in the First Four in Dayton against No. 11 Saint Joseph's, with the winner facing No. 6 Texas in Orlando, Fla.
Friday's Bracket Matrix update projected BYU as the third-to-last team in, with an average seed of 11.12.
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RPG Maker VX Ace
- The Ultimate RPG Game Creation Tool
- Users can make their own games with Easy point and click user interface.
- Powerful Eventing System
- Ready to Use Default Graphics - the graphics and audio to make a game are included.
- Advanced users have access to near infinite customization.
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RPG Maker VX Ace is a very powerful, and very flexible tool. I personally think it's worth much more than the price it's given, but that's just my own opinion. However, I will admit, the stigma associated with RPG Maker due to the constant swarm of bland games that all resemble each other in one way or another is negative, however that's the fault of the user base, not the fault of the engine itself.
Ace, the current version you're looking at, is very versatile and has a variety of tools to help customization. Ace gives you a great starting point with it's graphics, game mechanics, scripts and database, but it's up to you as the user to make use of them and build upon them to make your own game unique.
The biggest plus of this engine is the RGSS3 scripting system, based off of the language Ruby. With this you can modify and evolve your game into whatever you want it to be. (It does require programming knowledge. Although, there are plenty of dedicated scripters within the RPG Maker community as a whole with scripts that were already made, and some that are open to personal requests). From personal experience, I have, with the help of others, a completely custom battle system scripted in RGSS3, so I know just how far you can take the system. Which, is very, very far.
When it comes to basic User Interface, Ace doesn't disappoint either. It's very clean, and very easy to use. Mapping is as simple as selecting a tile and drawing on the map editor. Events are very precise and flexible, and the help manual the program comes with is easy to understand.Read more ›
There are two things I would make people aware of:
1. The starter pallet is small. When you first install the program you will not have nearly as many tiles as you would like, and if you aren't planning on making a traditional fantasy game, you'll have almost nothing to work with. This IS easily fixed by going online and downloading additional tiles. They are easy to find through the official forums, and easy to install. Alternately, if you're the artistic type, you can make your own, and that's just about as easy (although will take a little more time...).
2. You will need to be willing to search and learn. The information in the program itself is pretty bare bones. To get into doing the really fun stuff, you'll need to look through the online tutorials and take advantage of that online community I mentioned earlier. If you do, you find help on everything from getting your character to walk through water to weather effects.
All in all, I would have expected this program to cost a lot more, and I would have paid for it anyway. The actual price is a steal, and I would encourage anyone who has ever wanted to make their own game to give it a try.
Fast forward about 10 years, when I first became aquainted with RMVX. This was a great and easy to use tool, but was severely lacking from its predecessors, namely RM2K/2K3 and RMXP. The problem with RMXP was that I always found it more difficult to learn with than RMVX, and everything prior to RMXP was never officially released outside of Japan (making the English versions illegal).
Finally, we are blessed with this gem known as RMVX-Ace. While it imitates the style of RMVX, thus granting its users to make charming 2D representations of the old SNES classics, it offers a lot more than what RMVX had right out of the box.
First, we are granted the return of unlimited resources, especially where tilesets are concerned. What made VX such an eyesore was that they removed this feature, thus ensuring the user would be stuck with the same graphics for the entire project, unless they used some cumbersome replacement such as parallax mapping or a script that allowed you to swap out your tilesets.
Second, we are given much more diversity in the database, to creating our own custom formulas for weapons and skills, to turning on and off the caterpillar option (showing your whole party on screen at any given time), to a more custom-friendly development for enemy behavior.
Third, we are introduced to several features that were only once possible with the use of third party scripts that may or may not have worked correctly, and may or may not have clashed with other scripts.Read more ›
VX Ace is entirely customizable, from graphics, music, even scripts to make your game more unique instead of using the defaults. Even the battle system can be changed (this is where the scripting comes in!) RGSS3 is actually easy to learn once you wrap your head around Ruby's syntax (which RGSS3 is based). Though i have some background in coding in other languages (C, Java, Actionscript, Basic) Ruby was a bit difficult for me, but managable after I read that reference manual!
The help file and reference manual is easy to read and understand. If you charge in head first without reading the manual (or never tinkered with RPG Maker's pervious incarnations on PC before) then there might be a difficult learning curve. If you had RPG Maker XP then switched to VX Ace it might throw you for a loop (VX and VX Ace are similar in apperance, but with some definate changes - such as VXA's internal character creator). I had no probelms setting up events, creating maps, importing images and music, even adding new items in the database. With this engine, I made a playable rpg that took 12 hrs to finish in 2 weeks.
It works in Windows 7 Ultimate with no problems.
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This is an extremely easy to game engine. Not justgreat for classic Rpgs but also visual novels games as well. Allows to port your own art, music, and spiritsPublished 4 months ago by Alex Masters
OK for making games to amuse young relatives. Easy learning curve. However, won't run correctly on both my computers. Read morePublished 5 months ago by J. Rose
This game making tool can be as easy or as complex as you wish to make it. It allows for a lot of creativity and it's very satisfying to see your creation come to life. Read morePublished 7 months ago by Lee A. Vercoe
i expected to get more than i got out of the program. When i tried to find system images they are invisible hence i cannot seem to change their appearances as i hoped to do. Read morePublished 12 months ago by jan heward
It's good to be able to find a real CD to install from. The software works great. However, I had the scaled down version (RPG Maker XP) prior to this, so I thought I would be... Read morePublished 13 months ago by ACE
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Set Theory: A Gentle Introduction
Dr. Clark Ross
Consider (and play) the opening to Schoenberg's Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11, no. 1 (1909):
If we wish to understand how it is organized, we could begin by looking at the melody, which seems to naturally break into two three-note cells: , and . We can see right away that the two cells are similar in contour, but
not identical; the first descends m3rd - m2nd, but the second descends M3rd - m2nd. We can use the same method to compare the chords that accompany the melody. They too are similar (both span a M7th in the L. H.), but not exactly the same (the "alto" (lower voice in the R. H.) only moves up a diminished 3rd (=M2nd enh.) from B to Db, while the L. H. moves up a M3rd). Let's use a different method of analysis to examine the same excerpt, called SET THEORY. WHAT? • SET THEORY is a method of musical analysis in which PITCH CLASSES are represented by numbers, and any grouping of these pitch classes is called a SET. • A PITCH CLASS (pc) is the class (or set) of pitches with the same letter (or solfège) name that are octave duplications of one another. "Middle C" is a pitch, but "C" is a pitch class that includes middle C, and all other octave duplications of C. WHY? Atonal music is often organized in pitch groups that form cells (both horizontal and vertical), many of which relate to one another. Set Theory provides a shorthand method to label these cells, just like Roman numerals and inversion figures do (i.e., ii 6 4 ) in tonal music. We use numbers in musical analysis for scale degrees, chord inversions, added notes, and voice−5 leading (i.e., 6 4− 3 ), and this is just one more musical context in which they can be used.
☞ There are different conventions in place for identifying notes. You are probably accustomed to using letter names, but in many countries, solfège is used. There are discrepancies within both of these systems between some of the different
€ countries that use them. In Germany, for example, "H" refers to Bb, and in most European countries, "Si" is used instead of
"Ti," whereas in other countries "Si" refers to a sharpened "So." Indian classical music has a different note-labeling system, as do other world regions. There is no single, "standard" note-labeling system, and the use of integers is just one more way of doing so that also happens to be both logical and consistent. HOW DOES IT WORK? (i) Identify a melodic or harmonic cell in a composition, such as: , or .
(ii) Rewrite the notes in ascending order, and so that they fit within one octave (if necessary), then number each pitch in the cell, making the lowest one = 0, increasing by 1 for each semitone. Thus, becomes , and becomes
assigning 0 to the first note. 1. [0. 4] AND [0. ☞ However. there is a faster method (see box below)… . ☞ To arrive at the most compact form. Do so now. For example. It is important not to overlook other set possibilities beyond the one or two that you may start with. 3. The only way to determine if the 2nd 3 melody notes form a set that is of structural significance is to look for other examples of that set [0. but does it make musical sense to call those three notes a set? NORMAL ORDER: The arrangement of a set of pitch classes in ascending order and most compact form is called the set's "normal" order (or normal form). 1. 3. • Another potential problem is finding the set you are looking for in places that make little musical sense. 1. For the opening three pitches of the Schoenberg example above this would be [0. and is the equivalent of deriving a root-position chord or scale from the notes used in a section of a tonal work. 5]. 3. then modulates to G minor. as are [0. 1. and . you could write out the set in every possible rotation (like writing a chord in every possible inversion). 4] and [0. 4]. and E at the end of m.3. 4]. while the last one uses [0. both result in a label that tell us something about the organization of a group of pitches. which form a [0. 3. 1. Please. 4] set. "Bb major" and "G minor" are labels. yet we have spent all our time looking for examples of the 1st set and its inversion. and no time looking for examples of the 2nd set and its inversion. 3. The top voice has a G# in m. 4]. 4] SETS? WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT 3 MELODY NOTES? Good question! We began by suggesting that the melody in the 1st 3 bars seems to naturally break into two cells. By "most compact form" we mean the form with the smallest interval between the first and last notes. ☞ Label the circled sets in the first two bars of the Schoenberg example below as either [0. G in m. 1. then pick the one with the smallest interval between the first and last pitch (but see top of next page for what to do when there is more than one set rotation with equally-compact forms). 4] or its inversion. 1. 4]: 2 ☞ Now continue circling and labeling each occurrence of these two sets in the remaining bars below: WHY ARE WE OBSSESSING OVER THE [0. and we could similarly comment that the opening three circled pitch collections above use the [0.2.(iii) The label for the cell (called a "set") is created by arranging the numbered pitches in ascending order and in the most compact form possible. 4] (in bar 3). we might say of a tonal composition that it begins in Bb major.
note. and are therefore considered as belonging to the same SET CLASS. then compare the interval between the first and third-last note in each set.: a m3rd up inverted becomes a m3rd down). much like a fugue subject and its inversion. this is called the set's "BEST NORMAL ORDER. (ii) OCTAVE (or TRANSPOSITIONAL) EQUIVALENCY: The octave or transposition in which pitches are notated does not matter. the set with the smaller of these is the correct normal order. then either can be the correct normal order. If the tie is never broken. NB: (i) ENHARMONICALLY EQUIVALENCY: Enharmonic spellings may be used for convenience and make no difference. because we are dealing with pitch classes.g. If this results in another tie. continue the process until the tie is broken. compare the interval between the first and second-last note in each set. ☞ IN CASE OF A TIE: If there are two or more possible candidates for a set's normal order (two or more equallycompact set rotations with an identical interval between the first and last notes). and finally compare the set with its inversion in order to find the best normal order: ☞ A faster way to invert a set is to keep the lowest/highest notes and reverse the order of the intervals between them: . then transpose the inversion so that it begins on the same pitch as the original form. identify the adjacent pair of notes that forms the largest interval and re-write the set so that the second of those two notes is the starting. (iv) Due to inversional equivalency." • The best normal order usually has the smallest intervals on the left. • This produces the set rotation with the smallest possible interval between the first and last notes. if necessary. ☞ HOW TO INVERT PC SETS: You can invert a set the traditional way (e. then rewrite the pitches in ascending order. resulting in: or • A similar "tie" occurs in #5. and. (iii) INVERSIONAL EQUIVALENCY: A set and its inversion (mirror) are two representations of the same thing. any normal form of a set must be compared with its inversion to determine which is the "better" of the two (using the tie-breaking method described above). (b) Next.3 A FASTER METHOD TO DETERMINE NORMAL ORDER: (a) Write any form of the set in ascending order within an octave. DRILL — Write the normal order for each of the following pitch collections: 1) E D B G 2) F C B E 3) F Eb A Ab D 4) B F Bb C 5) C# F# A# D# G • You may have noticed that there are two occurrences of the largest interval in #4. but repeat the first note an 8ve higher at the end. or lowest.
Assume all pitches in the next excerpt form a single set. octachords..e. hexachords. • An aggregate is a collection of 12 different pitches. 0. then number the remaining pitches accordingly. E]. undecachords. then (ii) subtract the numbers in the middle from the last number (i. [C#. D. Most sets are between 2-6 notes. or music notation. 2. heptachords. • A Forte name is the label given to every possible prime form by theorist Allen Forte based on its cardinality and relative position within its cardinality.e. Can you explain why? • A Set Class includes all sets that are related by transposition and/or inversion. See Appendix C in your text for a list of these. or number. 6-3=3.. The prime form for [0 3 4 6] is [0 2 3 6]. • The numerical label for the best normal order. Sets of higher cardinalities are called tetrachords. etc.g. However. you may wish to astound and entertain others by working them into your conversation at some point. then write the pitches in best normal order in two different but equivalent transpositions: PRIME FORM.g. and three-pitch sets are trichords. [0. F]. C#. the default is to let C = 0. F]. E. and (iii) reverse them (i. decachords. SET CLASS. • Cardinality is the number of pitch classes in a given musical set (or the number of elements in a mathematical set). • The complement of a set is the collection of pitch classes that are not members of the set. solfège name. we usually let the lowest pitch in a set = 0.☞ Another fast inversion method is to use numbers only: (i) Keep 1st and last number (i. C. 11 piano pieces. D = 2. do this drill with previous sets in this handout): 4 If a set results in the same "best" normal order in two different transpositions it is called transpositionally-symmetrical. 3. DRILL — The following are sets from the 2nd of Schoenberg's op.e. D. I include the last few terms mainly for your amusement. is called the Prime Form. 6]).. C# = 1. [C#. • The label for a set class is usually its prime form (e. which is similar to the concept in solfège of movable Do (versus fixed "Do"). . [C. [C. FORTE NAME. 6). 6-4=2). or its Forte name (4-12). C D Eb F#). and dodecachords. a larger set may include several overlapping or distinct subsets. Are they in best normal order? Compare each set with its inversion to find out (for additional practice. where the lowest pitch = 0.. nonachords.. etc. • Pitch classes may be referred to by letter name. • Two-pitch sets are called dyads. [0 2 3 6]). pentachords. [B. Eb]. Eb]. • A subset is a set that is part of a larger set. Eb. E]. etc. If using numbers. all belong to the same set class as [B. AND OTHER TERMINOLOGY • The Best Normal Order is usually written using letter names for pitch classes (e. as explained above.
Practice this now with the following sets: DRILL — Calculate the interval vectors for the following sets. Bb. and so on. listing your totals in each column (the interval vector will be the same irrespective of the order of pitches within the set. but unisons and octaves are never part of pc sets because each pc is represented only once): 5 <_ m2/ M7 _ M2/ m7 _ m3/ M6 _ M3/ m6 _ P4/ P5 _ > +4/ °5 2) Now count all possible intervallic relationships contained in a particular set. Start by listing the interval between the 1st note and the 2nd. Other pioneers in the field include Allen Forte (The Structure of Atonal Music . C] WHAT IS THE POINT OF VECTOR ANALYSIS? ☞ It gives us additional information on a set's harmonic content. 1." Octave displacements are disregarded in interval classes.HOW DOES VECTOR ANALYSIS (INTERVAL VECTOR) WORK? 1) Create 6 "columns" or "slots". 5] . like: [G." • Do a vector analysis of a root -position C major chord.6] [0. Conclusions? TO WHOM DO WE OWE THIS PLEASURE (/PAIN/BEWILDERMENT. but another American composer. but. ETC. there are cases where two different set prime forms have some the same vector analysis. then from the 1st to the 3rd. Ab. as our text points out. 4th). and David Lewin (numerous articles).1973).4. and compare with that of the C major chord. B. 4. Conclusions? • Compare the prime form of a C major chord with that of a C minor chord. enclosed by angle brackets. there are only 6 possible interval classes (there are really 7 if you count the unison/octave. as well as for previous sets for additional practice: [F.)? The American composer Howard Hanson is credited (in the "Set Theory" article in Wikepedia) as having developed most of the ideas pertaining to the application of set theory to music in Harmonic Materials of Modern Music: Resources of the Tempered Scale (1960). which would suggest he was investigating the application of mathematical sets to music considerably earlier. G#. Then do vector analyses of 1st-inversion and 2nd-inversion C major chords. much like the label "C major chord" tells us something about both pitches and interval content in that chord. This is sometimes useful. wrote a 1946 study called 'The Function of Set Structure in the Twelve-Tone System'. than include the intervals from the 3rd note to any subsequent notes. F#. Ab. Each slot represents a different interval "class. and so on until you run out of notes. and from the 2nd note to any subsequent notes. [E. Continue by listing the interval from the 2nd note to the 3rd. do you know why?). George Perle (Serial Composition and Atonality -1962).3. C#] (do a vector analysis of both now) ☞ Two sets that share the same interval-class vector are said to be "Z-related. D] and [G. Bb] [0. Ab. Try other major chords. 5th is the same class as P. Milton Babbitt. What conclusion do you draw from this exercise? • Do a vector analysis of a C minor chord. Thus. so any interval and its inversion are of the S A M E class (so a P. G.
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