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: Curriculum
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
Your First Étude Video
Here’s the assignment we delayed from earlier in the semester. Post it on your site (as instructed below) by class time, Tuesday, April 5.
Click here for a video walkthrough
Graphic Scores
These articles show some varied approaches to making graphic scores or other forms of alternative notation: Continue reading
Your First Étude for Ulrich
Compose a study, 3–5 minutes in duration, that Ulrich might perform in our final performance-for-video project and post it on your portfolio website by class time next Tuesday.