The image for the graphical score reminded me of the mechanism of a musical box. I imagined the drum rotating and alternating the visible and obscured musical phrases. I entered the visible phrase (note-note-note-rest) into Fugue Machine on the iPad and played it back at different tempos and transpositions. I used delay and gate plugins running at a different bpm to process the iPad output and create emergent patterns.
For the obscured phrase I used a Reaktor patch to scrub back and forth randomly along a sample of a pad sequence. The two lines were then mixed together and faded in and out of prominence. It over runs the two minute recommended limit, but as a portion of it was randomly generated I couldn't edit it down without causing a jar.
Disquiet Junto Project 0205: Superposition
Interpret boxed-up music-education materials as a graphic-notation score.
This week’s project falls broadly into the category of “graphic notation.” It uses a found assemblage as its starting point.
Step 1: Look at this image associated with this project, and imagine it as a score in the tradition of graphic notation:
http://disquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151203-560×560.jpg
Step 2: Record a piece of music based on that score in Step 1.
Step 3: Upload your completed track from Step 2 to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.
Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Deadline: This project was posted in the early afternoon, California time, on Thursday, December 3, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, December 7, 2015.
Length: The length is up to you, though between one and two minutes seems appropriate.
Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this project, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please in the title to your track include the term “disquiet0205-superposition.” Also use “disquiet0205-superposition” as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:
More on this 205th weekly Disquiet Junto project (“Interpret boxed-up music-education materials as a graphic-notation score”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/12/03/disquiet0205-superposition/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
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