Useful search phrase: “Extended techniques for cello”
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowed_string_instrument_extended_technique
A treatise from Oberlin College: http://www.oberlin.edu/library/friends/research.awards/messina.pdf
Category Archives: Notes
Notes from 3/8/2016
Navigating the page, reconstructing a Bach prelude, composition books, motion-controlled sound processing, and thumb picks (for good measure)!
Notes from 3/3/2016
A de/reconstructed opera recitative, bowed piano ensemble, and prepared guitar
Notes from 3/1/16
In the last class, conversation changed before I could mention Stelarc’s mass-remote-controlled body performance pieces, most notably Split Body: Voltage In/Out but also Ping Body, of which a video can be found here. I also came across a history of performance art using electrically manipulated bodies in Leonardo. Of course, Jonathan and Blake’s idea didn’t involve direct control over a performer’s body, but the concept is related; it might be seen as the same but replacing the electrodes with a social contract and voting mechanism, a view on the piece which may be helpful in inspiring future decisions shaping the piece.
Notes from 2/25/16
Deprivation music, silhouettes vs. video, and how to fake sophisticated interactivity.
Notes from 2/23/16
Notes from today’s class: Rube Goldberg, Lou Reed, and emotions
Counterpoint, Ready to Translate to Other Media
Graphic Scores
These articles show some varied approaches to making graphic scores or other forms of alternative notation: Continue reading
Compositions Discussed in Eco, The Open Work
- Stockhausen, Klavierstück XI for piano (see the score here; fuzzy—sorry)
- Berio, Sequenza I for flute (see an excerpt here)
- Pousseur, Scambi for tape (hear realizations of it here, and glance at the notes explaining how each performer realized the piece)
- Boulez, Third sonata for piano (see a performance here; note how the performer has to manipulate the pages of the score.)
Other works of possible interest: Continue reading