the thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns

Any musician who has spent time working through Slonimsky's famous work might soon realize that it really isn't all it claims to be. That is, a properly cross-indexed thesaurus. The advantages seem obvious and I've wondered for a long time why no one had attempted to arrange the material in a more usable form.

I rose to the task. But, several days and pots of coffee later, my idealism wore thin. Here's where I left off:

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first in a series of entries queued for a guitarist's notebook (mother of) . . . upon completion.

Addendum (1/27/08):
The first part (extensive) of my attempt to cross index The Thesaurus may be found at my main blog here. If you have Finale 2004 or later - or Notepad - you should have no problem opening it (>40 pages).