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ilovecharts: Raymond Chandler reminds us to stay humble, as our...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:32 -0400

Raymond Chandler reminds us to stay humble, as our wits are about as eternal as the food turning soft in our fridge (I’m looking at you cabbage…).

“Cleverness, like perhaps strawberries, is a perishable commodity.”

I find quote-hoarding to be a fabulous method of borrowing the knowledgable thoughts of others when my own fails.

hi there, post/40011827667/eno-curator, can you tell me where that's from ? xx

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:00 -0400

It was in Simon Reynolds’ recent book “Retromania” (p.130)

Bach Stretch No. 5: An Exposition I really have a hard time...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:32 -0400

Bach Stretch No. 5: An Exposition

I really have a hard time coming up with the proper titles for these works. This one seems so dry compared to what the audible product sounds like. Yet, since I use this process of recomposition as a means (and an end) to discuss analytical components of Bach’s music, sometimes the dryness of music theory bubbles to the surface.

I consolidate the major elements of the exposition of this three voice fugue into a nearly 7 minute stretch. There are three entrances; the first is on D5, second on G4, and the third on G5. These entrances are followed by a reentrance of the subject on D5 (which I don’t include in the stretch and count as fourth voice since it is simply reiterating the opening subject at the same pitch class level),episode and closing material. I stretch each subject (main fugal theme), followed by the quickly moving harmony of the chromatic ending of the first episode, thus concluding the exposition.

I tried to be rigorous in the stretching techniques used by maintaining a certain consistency in stretch factor (10) and time resolution (.25). I extracted different parts of each subject entry for further “stretchification” that still used the SF 10/TR .25 scaling. The effect of this is a lot of bleeding of tones within and between each subject. Lastly, this bleeding within and between becomes intensified dramatically when the closing episodic material enters around 2’39”. For at least two minutes we are in a wash of dissonance until the G3 pedal tone is remaining with a short lift (surprise) to the D6 that reintroduces the subject.

For clarity’s sake here are the times when you should hear each subject entrance throughout the track:

Subject 1: 0”-52”

Subject 2: 52”-1’46”

Subject 3: 1’46”-2’39”

Closing Episodic Material: 2’39”-6’13”

Surprise: 6’13”-6’38”

Here is a public link to an annotated score that shows what material I used and when it appears in the track.

Below is the original recording I used (sorry if you aren’t a Spotify user). It might be instructive to listen to the first 45 seconds, if not the whole thing.

Christian Tetzlaff – 3 Sonatas & 3 Partitas, BWV 1001-1006, Sonata No.1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga (Allegro)

Happy listening!

Nice collab.

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:19 -0400

Nice collab.

#wtf

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:50:23 -0400

#wtf

#jetstream #sunrise #harvard #morningram

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:23:05 -0400

#jetstream #sunrise #harvard #morningram

Neighborhood Nervous System. #wires #somerville #springhill

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:44:46 -0400

Neighborhood Nervous System. #wires #somerville #springhill

"The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental moise and..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:52 -0400

“The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental moise...

Anachronism on Gore Street

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:26 -0400

Anachronism on Gore Street

#seagull #beach #wingaersheek #sky #blue #summertime

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:22 -0400

#seagull #beach #wingaersheek #sky #blue #summertime

laughingsquid: Recurring Developments, Interactive Website...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:09:33 -0400

laughingsquid:

Recurring Developments, Interactive Website Visualizes Running Jokes on ‘Arrested Development’

Wow, too much fun.

Inaugural Beach Day 2013. #Wingaersheek #lifesabeach (at...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:39:41 -0400

Inaugural Beach Day 2013. #Wingaersheek #lifesabeach (at Wingaersheek Beach)

My new sounds:

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:03 -0400

My new sounds:

"Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, but when everybody has..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:07:30 -0400

“Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, but when everybody...

Kafka and E.B. White's Take on Nothingness

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:25:10 -0400

As I am working on my recent project, a trombone quartet for the Guidonian Hand called Die...

My new sounds:

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:57:53 -0400

My new sounds:

talfordian: The Gentlemen’s Very (Very) High Art Society of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:19:44 -0400

talfordian:

The Gentlemen’s Very (Very) High Art Society of South Waltham, performing Christian Gentry’s “Intuitive_1” at the Watch City Festival in Waltham, 5-12-13

talfordian: The Gentlemen’s Very (Very) High Art Society of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:50:02 -0400

talfordian:

The Gentlemen’s Very (Very) High Art Society of South Waltham, performing Christian Gentry’s “Symbols” at the Watch City Festival in Waltham, 5-12-13.

Behold! (2013) (by Christian Gentry) Jeff Gavett gives a...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:35:08 -0400

Behold! (2013) (by Christian Gentry)

Jeff Gavett gives a fabulous performance!

"More than half of the songs on Modern Vampires of the City are about young people who hyperbolically..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:50:24 -0400

“More than half of the songs on Modern Vampires of the City are about young people who...