Bartók also uses the white-key and black-key collections (diatonic scale and its pentatonic complement) in no.6 of the Eight Improvisations, with the pentatonic as foreground, and in mm.
In Bartók's composition no.6 from the Eight Improvisations, he uses both white-key and black-key collections (diatonic scale and its pentatonic counterpart) to create a foreground effect. This is particularly evident in the measure...