Still completely unsatisfied with previous attempts (including my initial attempt which ended up being my submitted piece) and with the prospect of being able to perform live from a midi channel in ableton I was drawn to Euclidian Rhythms as a means to realize my initial concept of composing this piece spatially as opposed to melodically. By using duotone or tritone based polyrhythmic loops I would be able to meaningfully connect sets of bells within the space, having them intersect at engaging rhythmic intervals that would appear more dynamic than a standard meter.
By using a midi controller (in this instance a gaming controller/HID, being one of my objectives to incorporate into improvised performance) I could stand within the space and manipulate the rhythmic loops around me gesturally, altering the notes within the loops using another midimapped gesture - coordinating rhythmic and melodic fluctuations purely with two joysticks on the controller.
A further 2 gestures were intended for mapping by clicking in each of the joysticks to
a) retrigger the current loop and b) mute the current note - to add further articulation.
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| Euclidian Rhythm Approach - Federation Bells Project |
Having not allowed sufficient rehearsal time with my new improvisational template, I backed out of using this approach at the last minute and reverted to an edited version of the piece I demoed the previous week.
Experiments with Harmony & Dischord - Final Federation Bells Composition
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| Screenshot of MIDI Sequence for Final Submission |
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