Category: Chapter 6: Transformation
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Pachelbel’s Canon for Music Box
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Truck-driver’s modulation: Man in the Mirror
The modulation happens around 2:50 in the video.
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Nancarrow’s Studies for Player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) turned to player pianos because they could reproduce complicated rhythms that were impossible for a human to play precisely. He also used different types of symmetry to compose pieces such as this canon. These symmetries are visually evident in the rolls themselves.
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Clapping Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qS3oc_tK4 Steve Reich’s “Clapping Music” uses a single repeated rhythm pattern. The two players start by clapping the 12-beat pattern together in unison. After eight measures, one performer shifts the pattern forward by one beat and they clap the new pattern for eight measures. This process is continued until the two patterns align again. Here’s…