Re: [microsound] texture as narrative

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>>>  has anyone out there dealt with this issue and found what it is that makes
>>>  monochromatic material 'interesting' over long periods of time?
>>>  (sorry if this isn't clear I'm still waiting for the black tea to kick in)
>>>  KIM
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>>unpredictability.
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>definitely..
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>i think also that sound design is incredibly important.. the sounds 
>have to SUGGEST more than what's there.. leaving a lot of room for 
>listener imagination...
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>also, if done right, repetition can be very hypnotic.. which captures 
>the listener as wel...

definetly, repetitive cycles will provide an easy sense of forward 
motion...
but even without them, i think it's possible for monochromatic material
to have a sense of narritive progression if even one element varies over 
time: 
tonal center / textural density / timbre / or "melody" (in expanded 
time-sense) 

a piece i did "kyrie eleison", was an attempt at a long work that has an
absence of "events": my solution was slow accreted changes in density
and harmonic quality 

you could argue that any sort of repetition constitutes an "event", which
implies a contraction of time-sense

kurt ralske

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