(http://clones.soonlabel.com/tis/charlies-cube.jpg)
http://clones.soonlabel.com/mp3/daily20090818-rubriks-cube-lucy2b3s.mp3
bassoon, flute, viola, violin, hand bells, and percussion
If not intentional : it's called the Rubik's Cube.
A very nice ensemble. And, like the harpsichord, I fancy the bassoon-sound.
Reminds me of tracks by the ELO.
well.... it was a spelling mistake - but I guess I have to keep it as intentional now because I've linked to the files in places I can't change them. :(
thanks for the listen and comment!
Interesting piece.
Why Rubik's Cube?
It would've been fun to make a tune which is chaos but then becomes more structured as if you've actually put the cube together.
For some reason your track inspired me to do an instant remix.
http://www.disc-shelf.com/?album=129
Sorry for not providing a direct download link, have no access to ftp now.
because I thought of solving a puzzle while composing
no other reason actually
I've posted a classical guitar piece at TiS by Benjamen Britten that does exactly what you describe - chaos to the source piece the variations are made out of.
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/42543
Here is the download
http://clones.soonlabel.com/mp3/britten-nocturnal-rg.mp3
I think I posted videos as well somewhere - a performance can be found on youtube by Julian Bream which is excellent.
mr. Britten is too complex for me - I didn't get it at all - not yet, at least.
might be better if you watch it performed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMG7cZn7cM
about 4:50 the original Renaissance by John Dowland piece is played
that piece is some 400 or 500 years old. I think it sounds all the more beautiful against the chaotic variations that preceded it.
Quotemight be better if you watch it performed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMG7cZn7cM
omgg, this is so great, he has a simple motif and able to make a whole piece from it, just by using very technical and carefully designed variations from it. So much fun to listen how he manages to pull off and arrange everything. ^^
Rubik's Cube sound a bit puzzled to me, rather than developing a variations to a motif, you used the same (loop?) elements to make some structure variations. Which is nowhere wrong, but i think that it's not the same idea what Britten has.
ps. gotta improve a bit those photoshop skills.... ::)
Hi Psi, thanks for the listen and comments!
I was not trying to make a piece like Britten - my piece was just a test of an upgrade to Garritan Personal Orchestra 4.0 (only $49.95!!) that allows microtonal tunings - I just got carried away.
I posted Britten's piece in response to LV.
( I am using GIMP for photos :) )
and yes, Benjamen Britten is an awesome composer!!
here is the beginning by another player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv46x8YxU6E&NR=1
Chris, I'm curious how did you like the remix?
I can't get it to work in ubuntu :-(
http://www.louigiverona.com/files/chris_remix.mp3
There you go!
it is surprisingly noisy for you.
After it gets going it is more relaxed and sounds pretty different from the original.
Quoteand sounds pretty different from the original
That was the whole point ;)
Quote from: "uncloned"it is surprisingly noisy for you.
I take it you missed this one, featuring noisy guitar by Mr. Vaisvil:
http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?topic=3353.0
Notes as i'm listening (1st listed version)
The lost pages of the Petrushka manuscript! Stravinsky i'm sure is smiling from somewhere! :D
The instrumentation is perfect! I don't know which one you chose first, but whatever you "added" to accompany the first is perfectly complementary; every instrument has its task and the space to do it. Very simple and innocent phrases, but i doubt this would be something children could play (except by accident!). Delightful, playful, and heartwarming. More music that can't be ignored!
BTW perhaps the title is not a mistake. "Rubric" is a word, so i see that as a nifty, thought-provoking title (much like "strategery" and "scrumptrilescent"). :wink:
Now of course, the obvious question, who is "Lucy" and what is "2b3s tuning?" (And if you used an alternate tuning in this, i could barely tell -- which is good, 'cause i don't have the ear for alternate tunings.)
Hi Harbinger.
This started life as a slightly different piece that I intended to compose in Wendy Carlos' Alpha tuning (9 divisions of a perfect 5th - no octaves per se)
But I ran into technical difficulties with the new GPO 4 & its Aria player. So... I composed in 12 tet ("normal" tuning) and converted to a Lucy tuning variant just to make it applicable for the microtuning community.
http://xenharmonic.ning.com/
So the original had cello in place of the bassoon and marimba 2 octaves lower in place of the hand bells.
The hand bell part was started first and really was an abuse of cut n paste. Everything else was written around that motive with the percussion added last. At one point I have a break beat glitch in the percussion but that was truly ugly. If I remember right the piece is scored for 7/4 time.
Lucy tuning is a "mean tone" 12 note per octave tuning that has very pure thirds. Its limitation is that not all keys are available - there exists a "wolf" interval / note that one usually avoids.
If you'd like the pdf of the score I'd be happy to oblige.