Don’t know Allen Forte’s theory but in the subXall set of abstractions (jvkr.nl/shelves) there are a few methods inspired by Clarence Barlow’s theory: indigestibility, greatest common divider, numbers reduced to primes. This might be useful.
Quote: jvkr wrote on Wed, 09 April 2008 12:53
> Don’t know Allen Forte’s theory
Almost completely unrelated to Clarence’s work.
Ironically, Forte’s own book, _The Structure of Atonal Music_, is not the best introduction to musical Set Theory (which is not entirely Forte’s, anyway). There are two slim volumes, both of which provide concise introductions to the subject: _Basic Atonal Theory_ by John Rahn and _Set Theory Objects_ by some guy called Peter Castine.
Robert Morris’ book, _Composition with Pitch-Classes_ is the encyclopedic work on the subject.,