6 Bagatelles for MIDI-Controlled Piano
By fc on October 4, 2014 9:24 am
This is a tribute to Webern's 6 Bagatelles for string quartet, and somewhat of a nod to Conlon Nancarrow for his piano-roll rhythmic gnarleyness.
These are all generated by Max MSP in a patch I created (though it took me a while to tame!)
I was going for row-consistency, but it was too hard with the patch. They are completely serial.
I did the mixing/mastering in Ableton, and I also automated the velocity of the pitches in Ableton, rather than Max.
There are six, so don't be surprised at the stops. They are each a character piece, so to speak, and each has a pause between them. But they will never be repeatable, ever.
Here are the durations of each:
I. 2:00
II. 0:54
III. 0:22
IV. 1:50
V. 0:36
VI. 0:31
Total: 6'24"
Screen Shot 2014-10-04 at 1.29.00 PM by vince-giles, on Flickr
And just for funsies (seriously, just for fun) I made a score of the MIDI output, ran a "renotate this sanely" type plugin on it, went through and found where I think the pieces start and end, and that was that. But if you're a follow-along-kinda-person, then go for it.
CLICK HERE FOR SHITTY SCORE: IT IS NOT ACCURATE BUT IT WAS FUN
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