Mc Laughlin, S orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-1869 (2018) In the unknown there is already a script for transcendence. UNSPECIFIED.
Abstract
for piano and magnetic resonators The piano as stringed instrument. The string as a reservoir of dynamic fluid relationships between note and timbre, a spectral landscape that can be explored through the push-pull friction of the bow. The pianist as timbral explorer, mapping the instrument’s prominences, surfing its shifting eddies and currents.
A magnetic resonator becomes a prosthesis with which the pianist explores the dynamic resonance of the strings. Piano strings are ‘prepared’ using metal bolts and screws to make the string inharmonic (like a bell sound, with multiple overlapping perceivable pitches), destabilizing the specific pitch of the string into multiple competing pitch-timbre complexes. This destabilising of the piano allows the player to explore the tipping points across a continuum from stable pitches through phenomena such as beating-frequencies and multiphonics, all the way to the dissolution of the string sound into complex timbre. The piece is structured around alternating modes of activity: (1) the pianist ‘seeking’ particular types of ‘metastable’ sounds, continuously exploring the resonances of the strings to find the edges of stability; (2) sustaining the found phenomena, where a complex sound can be balanced like a spinning coin settling on its edge.
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Item Type: | Other |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Music (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2019 11:34 |
Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2019 11:35 |
Published Version: | http://lutins.co.uk/works.html |
Status: | Published |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:153987 |