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"And then they had to sing together, but it didn't really come
off because the real nightingale sang its own way and the artificial
bird worked mechanically." [Hans Christian Andersen, The
Nightingale, 1843]
"Math and music tend to get along, supposedly music is just
math in its best dress, ..." [Aimee Bender, An Invisible Sign of My Own,
2000]
Clockwork-Music
- [04:33] Seed of Song
Plant a new sound-tree and touch it 136 times.
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- [03:26] Sound Check
Up and down the scales.
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- [07:42] Nine Waves
Playing with integer frequency ratios from N/N up to 2N/N for N = 1,2,3,4,5,6.
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- [02:27] Are You Sleeping?
Music and lyrics: traditional from France
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- [01:06] Twist
Twist bass-accompaniment with alternating rhythms.
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- [07:35] Finger Exercises
4 different sequences of 5 tones played in 5 different rhythms. The same again and again with exponential increase of tempo and pitch.
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- [00:41] Prelude
by Henri Bertini (1798-1876)
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- [01:00] Minuet
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
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- [00:47] The Trout
by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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- [03:35] Autumn Leaves
Music: Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814)
Lyrics: Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762-1834)
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- [06:23] Song and Dance
Music: traditional from Schleswig-Holstein (ca. 1770)
Lyrics: Karl Viktor Müllenhoff (1818-1884)
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- [04:13] Cockles and Mussels
Music and lyrics: James Yorkston (ca. 1880)
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- [02:39] Eternal Father Strong to Save
Music: John B. Dykes (1861)
Lyrics: William Whiting (1860)
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- [03:26] Cadence Variations
Rhythmic variations of the chord-sequence D - A - G - D over 4 octaves.
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- [03:18] Sputnik
traditional from Russia
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- [03:34] Good Night Song
Music: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
Lyrics: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)
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[56:25] total play time (min:sec)
mix: left and right channel (stereo) plus main signal room response
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