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I actually have a piece that I'd conceived of prior to getting my EDP 6 years ago that does exactly that. It's called "Gradus." I start off with a single-measure loop and then build a mensural rosalia with successive passes of multiply with duration ratios of 2:1, 3:1, 5:1, 7:1, 11:1, and 13:1. After building the massive rosalia, I turn down the feedback and improvise over G lydian for the 2nd 'movement' which eventually fades out. I did come up with two separate scores for the piece. One is an 'artistic' score in the vein of George Crumb's beautiful scores where the staff spirals out from the center. I also have a performance score which implements the beginnings of a notational system for the EDP footpedal. (The notation system could easily be adapted to any footpedal configuration.) It's funny, though, I conceived of the piece back in 1993, before I'd ever heard of looping, but never quite figured out what to do with it until I got the EDP 5 years later. I wrote the piece in my first session with my brand new EDP. I've got a recording of a performance from the 2003 Iowa Composers Forum Festival that I can post sometime this week. It'll give me an excuse to finally clean up that recording (the original recording was made on an ADAT set to 48k and was not resampled when transferred to CD, so the piece is slower and in the wrong key). Cheers, Jon Southwood On 6/20/05, Hartung, Kris <kris.hartung@hp.com> wrote: > > > Okay, how about a topical detour? I think if I see the email subject >heading > "RE: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics" one more time, >I'm > going to throw up…I feel as if I've created a not-so-Tiny Monster Ex >Nihilo! > :) > > I introduced looping to a fellow guitarist and friend here in Boise, >Idaho > (USA), and he brought this up as an idea, so I can't take credit for it. >I > searched or it on the LD archives with no luck, so I'm not sure if anyone > has discussed it here before either. So here it is… > > How about creating a looped piece by using the multiply function on the >EDP > and the series of prime numbers (only numbers that are divisible by > themselves or 1). For instance, you hit Record and lay down a 1 measure > groove, then hit Multiply and record a 2 measure harmony over that groove > from the beginning of the measure….hit Multiply to play the sequence, >then > hit Multiply again and record a 3 measure texture part, again from the > beginning of the first measure, and repeat this process with 5, 7, 11, >13, > 15, 17, 19, etc measures adding various textures, melodies, etc. After a > while you might have to write the song out on paper to keep track of the > loops. > > Has it been done? Or perhaps the question is why would anyone want to do > it? Someone who likes mathematics and working these things out, >perhaps…. > > Thoughts? Volunteers? Examples of it already done? > > >**************************************************************************************** > Krispen Hartung > Improvisational / Avant-Garde Looping Guitarist > http://www.krispenhartung.com > info@krispenhartung.com / 208-724-5603 > Mojam Performance Calendar: > >http://www.mojam.com/concerts/search?key=performer&value=Krispen%20Hartung > Gear setup: http://www.boisemusicians.com/gear.htm > Featured, Sold, or Downloadable on over 100 sites: > http://www.boisemusicians.com/links.htm > Music & Video Catalogue: > http://www.boisemusicians.com/catalogue.htm > 37 Free downloadable songs in MP3 format: > http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/krispenhartung_music.htm > Reviews: http://www.boisemusicians.com/reviews.htm > > > >