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Study 3 - pulse and sustain

Study 3 – pulse and sustain

June 17, 2014 · by danielformo · in Studies

This is a short study focusing on two features: pulse and sustain. The idea is also to move through the continuum from free flowing speech towards the more quantized quality of formalized music. The directly transcribed melody is accompanied by…

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CONTENTS

  • PROJECT OUTLINE
    • Introduction
    • Background
  • WORK AND RESULTS
    • Speech gestures as material
    • Methods of abstraction
    • Software Instrument system
    • Sound and Orchestration
    • Performance methods
    • Final Artistic Results
  • REFLECTIONS
    • Design and development
    • Possibilities and limitations
    • Speech sources and concept
    • Perception of speech and music
    • Form, meaning and language
    • Reflections on the results
  • APPENDIX
    • Essay on Artistic Research
    • Technical background
  • RESOURCES
    • References
    • Downloads
    • Research blog
    • Symposium videos

This site presents the doctoral artistic research project The Music of Language and Language of Music by Daniel Formo. The project was carried out between 2013-2017 at the Music Department of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, as a part of the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme.

Contact: daniel.formo [at] ntnu.no

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