Exploring differents techniques by Animated graphical score of Stravinskys Rite of Spring Q: How was this recording made? A: Jay Bacal performed and rendered this piece using virtual instrument software by Vienna Symphonic Library. Q: What do the shapes indicate? A: Each shape corresponds to a family of instruments: ellipse: flutes (also cymbals and tam-tam) octagon: single reed (clarinet, bass clarinet) inverted ellipse/star: double reeds (oboe, English horn, bassoons) rectangle: brass (also, with aura, timpani, guiro and bass drum) rhombus: strings Q: What do the colors indicate? A: In this video, musical pitch (as ordered in the musicians circle of fifths) is mapped to twelve colors (as ordered on the artists color wheel). With this mapping, changes in tonality and harmony correspond to changes in the color palette. Unpitched instruments (bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, guiro) are shown in gray. Enjoy it!!!
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:11:29 +0000
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