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Post by Dave Dexter on Oct 31, 2018 13:29:49 GMT
I'm done with the meat of my Prague session writing. I want to spend the next few days writing short (5-10second) pieces/vignettes to close the recording with, if there's time - can anyone suggest some themes? Like "robber getting caught", "cake burning in oven", "conscious self subsumed in the knowledge of eternity" and so on. Ideas to see if I can launch off them. Silly or serious
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Post by driscollmusick on Oct 31, 2018 16:31:24 GMT
I'm done with the meat of my Prague session writing. I want to spend the next few days writing short (5-10second) pieces/vignettes to close the recording with, if there's time - can anyone suggest some themes? Like "robber getting caught", "cake burning in oven", "conscious self subsumed in the knowledge of eternity" and so on. Ideas to see if I can launch off them. Silly or serious Firecracker Drowning Avalanche Apex Vista Crunch Orchard
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Post by Mike Hewer on Nov 1, 2018 8:55:44 GMT
Dave,
You could use any spare time to test out some tricks. For example, you could have three trumpets play a staccato, accented triad at say forte whilst at the same instant have 3 flutes play the same notes only very soft (pp) and sustained for a while then trill all the notes in the flute chord with semitones whilst crescendoing. Or try some chords written as harmonics for multi divisi strings. Try some harmonic glisses. What about flutter tongue wind chords, or perhaps test out different spacings for the brass section of the same chord or progression. Try some dissonance scored in an unusual way to see what happens. Try some avant-garde stuff - strings bowing sul ponticello trems whilst one section, perhaps violas bow behind the bridge. The possibilities are of course limitless but it'd be a good way to learn some new tricks and hear how they work.
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Post by Dave Dexter on Nov 1, 2018 12:33:39 GMT
Good words John. I'll see what happens.
It's an excellent idea Mike, and not one I can reasonably reject except I balk a bit at new ideas and techniques when this was going to be more of a comfort zone wind-down. Good reason to do it, though.
Harmonic gliss, like this?
A full string cresc as they go up and down the partials whilst gradually moving the bow from board to bridge could be quite something.
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Post by driscollmusick on Nov 1, 2018 15:21:52 GMT
Good words John. I'll see what happens. It's an excellent idea Mike, and not one I can reasonably reject except I balk a bit at new ideas and techniques when this was going to be more of a comfort zone wind-down. Good reason to do it, though. Harmonic gliss, like this? A full string cresc as they go up and down the partials whilst gradually moving the bow from board to bridge could be quite something. Don't forget: more imposed limitations = better music!
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Post by Dave Dexter on Nov 1, 2018 16:00:10 GMT
It's the opposite really, potentially no limitations in what I could write and that is ironically highly limiting...
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Post by driscollmusick on Nov 1, 2018 16:25:22 GMT
It's the opposite really, potentially no limitations in what I could write and that is ironically highly limiting... That's what I mean--you have to create some limitations to get it moving! A piece called "Firecrackers" that features three trumpets playing staccato, accented triads at say forte whilst at the same instant having 3 flutes play the same notes only very soft (pp) and sustained for a while then trill all the notes in the flute chord with semitones whilst crescendoing. A piece called "Drowning" with chords written as harmonics for multi divisi strings, harmonic glisses, and flutter tongue wind chords. A piece called "Crunch" with strings bowing sul ponticello trems whilst one section, perhaps violas bow behind the bridge. You get the picture...
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Post by Bob Porter on Nov 1, 2018 17:21:16 GMT
Or a piece called "Dave Winding Down". A series of descending, slightly confused notes, slowly gaining clarity, and resolving to a soft satisfying major chord.
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Post by Dave Dexter on Nov 1, 2018 17:54:35 GMT
Or a piece called "Dave Winding Down". A series of descending, slightly confused notes, slowly gaining clarity, and resolving to a soft satisfying major chord. Since I quit my job in a building supplies shop I have got a little softer and more satisfied, but I ain't no major chord.
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Post by fuguestate on Nov 1, 2018 19:31:43 GMT
Or a piece called "Dave Winding Down". A series of descending, slightly confused notes, slowly gaining clarity, and resolving to a soft satisfying major chord. Since I quit my job in a building supplies shop I have got a little softer and more satisfied, but I ain't no major chord. In that case, a minor chord. Maybe with an added minor 7th to dissipate the sadness a little. Or if you're feeling prickly, a minor chord with an added major 7th, just for that extra twang. Or if you're feeling more modern, do an ambiguous chord with mixed major/minor 3rds, Walton viola concerto style. Or maybe just die down to a single note in unison. (The overtones will still make it major-sounding, though... but softer than an actual major chord.)
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