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How long does it take to read The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization?

George Russell

The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization by George Russell takes about 4 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 37 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2001. 252 pages, about 69,300 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 42 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 37 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 53 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization is a 1953 jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian Chromatic Concept (LCC), or Lydian Chromatic Theory (LCT). Russell's work postulates that all music is based on the tonal gravity of the Lydian mode.

Subjects: Music, music theory

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