I was happy about this piece not only because I created some music based on a visual score, I also wrote the outline/score away from any instruments and in large part stuck to what I wrote (I didn’t use the section about the frayed ends and changed the math a little to make one of the patterns sound better). Here’s the score I created:
I chose to create two layers. The first one on the score is what I’m calling the meta pattern. It’s a small subset of the full warp & weft image from the prompt. You can see which part I was working with in the soundcloud image. I wrote out the “rhythm” for the first two lines (which repeat on the third and fourth lines). Those rhythms are boxed in on my score; although I wrote them on two lines each boxed in area represents one line, with the black and white colors alternating. The rhythm here follows eighth notes in 9/8, a black count means play and a white count means rest.
The second layer, which I’m calling the texture layer, was based on the description above about the warp & weft technique, which I copied onto my score. The warp, longitudinal lines are held taut, so I used repeated notes to keep tension, and made a pattern of four descending notes to represent different warps. The rhythm here you could call quarter notes in 9/8.
The weft layer goes above and below the warp layer, so I created two patterns that would go above and below the pitch of the warp notes. The weft patterns move down when the warp notes descend. I played both variations of the weft patterns (notated one and two on my score). The rhythm here you could call eighth notes in 9/8.
The outline of the piece is this:
- warp pattern
2a. weft pattern 2 (as notated on the score)
2b. weft pattern 1
3a. meta pattern 1, using first note of weft pattern 2, then first note of weft pattern 1 (follows the descending pattern, although harmonic rhythm is four times faster)
3a’. meta pattern 1, using third note of weft pattern 2, then third note of weft pattern 1
3b. meta pattern 2, using second note of weft pattern 2, then second note of weft pattern 1
3b’. meta pattern 2, using forth note of weft patter 2, then forth note of weft pattern 1
I hope that’s clear! If you just want to hear the all the layers, jump to 4:30.
I played all of this with my guitar into my boomerang looper.
Also nice tracks @DrTutut, @Autogeneric, @wkujater, and @janglesoul.
