ABSTRACT
In the early 20th century the Austrian composer, Arnold Schoenberg, faced what he considered the impasse of traditional tonality due to the high degree of chromaticism reached at the end of the 19th century. He sought a music in which pitches would not be members of a tonal hierarchy but rather would be equally important within the chromatic total. This chapter focuses on Prime Form Pitch-Class Sets, in isolation and in melodies. It provides some singing exercises for building musicianship skills in non-serial atonal music.
