PeterthePapercomPoser Posted April 22 Posted April 22 I'm back yet again with another Muzoracle casting! (Muzoracle is a storytelling/divination tool similar to the Tarot card deck, but with cards with musical concepts and 12-sided Musician's dice and Solfege dice.) This time Lisa asked the Muzoracle if the symbolic calendar she is developing for people with Aphantasia (people who lack the ability to visualize things in their mind) will help them and her: My interpretation of the dice and cards is displayed below. The cards involved are a Tritone of Strings, Major 7th of Voices, Minor 3rd of Woodwinds, and Minor 2nd of Brass. So I decided to write a chamber piece for Cello, female choir (SSA), Clarinet, and 2 French Horns. If you'd like to find out more about Muzoracle and how castings are interpreted go here: https://muzoracle.com/ This time the piece lasts a total of ~1:45. The piece is in B as shown by the black 12-sided Musician's Die in the bottom left corner. The solfege dice landed on Ti (A#), Ra (C natural), and Do (B) and I ornamented the harmony with all the interval cards that were dealt. I also created an extra harmony by stacking all the intervals on top of each other starting at B. This resulted in a B diminished major 7th b9 chord that I sometimes made use of in the piece. Also, the entrances of the various instruments/voices were staggered according to the order in which they were drawn. So Cello starts the piece, followed by the entrances of the voices, then the Clarinet, and finally the French Horns. If you've gotten this far, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy listening to this short representation of Lisa's casting! Comments, suggestions, or critiques are of course, always welcome. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu LisasCasting2 > next PDF LisasCasting2 Quote
chopin Posted April 25 Posted April 25 We seriously can learn a lot about how dynamics can create something so expressive after listening to this. I really like how a solo cello sounds, and this is a good example of how instrumentation can be used to create a specific mood. In this case, a mood of restlessness or unease. I'm not sure how you managed to get this clarinet to sound so expressive, but it must have taken a bit of tweaking. I love your motive, using the triplets to create a fun and playful rhythm (but in a dark sense) 1 Quote
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