etude #10, pt. 2
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Compose a musical passage that explores the melodic and harmonic possibilities of polymodal chromaticism
I settled on the key of B. The two modes, then, are an Enka mode in B, and the folk music In mode.
More …etude #10, pt. 1
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Compose a musical passage that explores the melodic and harmonic possibilities of polymodal chromaticism
Polymodal chromaticism is the use of more than one mode (music) at a time.
More …etude #9, pt. 3
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Write for a trio using only pentatonic material
Man, this one took forever.
More …etude #9, pt. 2
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Write for a trio using only pentatonic material
I’m definitely biting off way more than I can chew with this exercise.
More …etude #9
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Write for a trio using only pentatonic material
Here I want to start jumping around a bit. And since I need some practice writing some Japanese folk-inspired music, this seemed like a good exercise to jump to.
So, first things first, I need to pick some instruments. I can change them later, but it’ll help to have something to start with. And since I definitely want to stick with freely-available instruments while I’m still learning, my options are somewhat limited. Eventually, I narrowed it down to:
- koto
- shakuhachi
- some vaporwavey-sounding synth (TBD)
- dungeon synth drums, with maybe a taiko drum if I can find it