Fraction Music for Solo Guitar in Approximate 'E'
Fraction Music for Solo guitar in Approximate 'E'
Pete McPartlan & Andrew Quinn, December 2004
Black & White, Sound, 3'20" approx
An algorithmically controlled audiovisual composition, using close-up footage of a strum on a single guitar string which has been fragmented into various fractional harmonic and discordant pitches and rhythms by speeding up different sections of the footage into the necessary fractions (1/1, 7/8, 5/6, 6/8, 4/6, 5/8, 1/2, 3/8, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8).
In other words, 12 layers of 24 bars of repeated single string strumming are overlaid on top of each other (and separated on screen into their fractions) and each played at a different speed.
It's difficult to explain, really.
[update]
A .jpg scan of the "storyboard" can be seen here :
http://tinyurl.com/33dtus
Some of Pete McPartlan's work can be found at :
http://www.youtube.com/profile...
Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Slackvideo
Length: 03:32
Rating: 4.33
Views: 1074
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