Sequel to yesterday’s bowed bow.
instrument-a-day 18: drummed sticks
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
instrument-a-day 17: bowed bow
instrument-a-day 16: metro clarimpet
A pocket trumpet with a clarinet mouthpiece and a reed made out of a metrocard. Probably would be played better by anyone who knew how to play a trumpet or a clarinet.
instrument-a-day 15: rubber band minizither
instrument-a-day 14: tocattamatic for four disklaviers
I had a short time to make something with the Disklaviers before it was time to put them away.
Instrument-a-day 13: wind & water
instrument-a-day 12: ceiling cave-in
What should you do when a piece of the ceiling collapses?
instrument-a-day 11: short ride in a fast chihuahua
My toy chihuahua always barks 26 times in a row. I sent out a call for very short 26-beat compositions for piano and chihuahua, and received over 50 scores from 15 composers.
The computer listens to the dog and plays back the scores in time with its yaps.
See the chihuahua, hear all the microscores, and much more at the Qubit Machine Music Festival tomorrow 2/12 through Friday in NYC! qubitmusic.com/machine-music.html
instrument-a-day 10: disklavier chimes
I wired up my MIDI wind chimes to a Disklavier robot piano as part of the preparations for the Machine Music festival this week.
qubit machine music this week in nyc
Machine Music is Qubit’s focal point of the 2014 season, highlighting the interstices of a variety of contemporary currents, including cutting-edge computer technologies, improvisatory instrumental practice and experimental sound installations.
This festival of music played by and with machines is coming to NYC this Wednesday through Friday, February 12-14. Come join us! All the details at qubitmusic.com/machine-music.html.
Last month I sent out a call for microscores, 26 beats long, to be played on Disklavier robot piano under the control of my little toy dog. I’ve received almost 40 scores for Short Ride in a Fast Chihuahua, and there’s still room for more, if you’d like to send some of your own. Kala Pierson explained the rules better than I ever did, here. Come to the Machine Music festival to see the chihuahua in action!