My translation of The Art of Noises is now available from Black Scat Books! Luigi Russolo’s treatise on enriching music with noises was published in Milan in 1916. It contains his 1913 Futurist manifesto on noises, as well as his accounts of building noise instruments, his riotous concerts, his notation, and analyses of the noises […]
Entries from June 2022
The Art of Noises
June 23rd, 2022 · 2 Comments
Casting Pearls Before Oysters
June 20th, 2022 · Comments Off on Casting Pearls Before Oysters
A brooding piece for bass recorder and piano.
Study in wet tuning (chromatic)
June 13th, 2022 · Comments Off on Study in wet tuning (chromatic)
Here’s another study in wet tuning, the practice of slightly detuning two pitches to give a richer sound. It’s often used in accordions. Here, I detune double melody strings on a chord zither. As in the diatonic study, I offer two possibilities.
Study in wet tuning (diatonic)
June 6th, 2022 · Comments Off on Study in wet tuning (diatonic)
Wet tuning is the practice of slightly detuning two pitches to give a richer sound. It’s often used in accordions. Here, I detune double melody strings on a chord zither. And I offer two possibilities.