Groundbass in F for meantone organ

...as in "1/4 comma"...basically this is very diatonic sunny music. I
used the wonderful physical modelling organ for Linux, Aeolus. You'd
swear you were in an old baroque chapel listening to an 18th century
restored organ somewhere in Europe.

I wrote this piece back in 1997, for two flutes and a synth bass on my
old trusty Korg X5DR, in the key of C (low note going down to "G,,,").
Since I wanted to recast for pipe organ using Aeolus, and organ pedals
don't have "G,,,", I transposed the pedal parts up a 4th, and the two
upper parts down a 5th. So, it's now in F.

The melodic material was written, as I remember, by hand editing,
adding to (in particular, the scale passages were all me), and
discarding material from the output of an algorithmic script I had
written way back, using a chaotic sine equation mapped to pitch (I
believe it was x'= sin(x*c), where 'c' is the chaotic parameter
argument.) I think it illustrates well how humans can be made
suprising by machines, and machines can be made interesting by humans.

I am (re)dedicating this music to my amazing almost 7 months old
daughter Annika, who keeps me an optimist.

Best,
Aaron.

Can we hear it?

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:

> ...as in "1/4 comma"...basically this is very diatonic sunny music. I
> used the wonderful physical modelling organ for Linux, Aeolus. You'd
> swear you were in an old baroque chapel listening to an 18th century
> restored organ somewhere in Europe.
>
> I wrote this piece back in 1997, for two flutes and a synth bass on my
> old trusty Korg X5DR, in the key of C (low note going down to "G,,,").
> Since I wanted to recast for pipe organ using Aeolus, and organ pedals
> don't have "G,,,", I transposed the pedal parts up a 4th, and the two
> upper parts down a 5th. So, it's now in F.
>
> The melodic material was written, as I remember, by hand editing,
> adding to (in particular, the scale passages were all me), and
> discarding material from the output of an algorithmic script I had
> written way back, using a chaotic sine equation mapped to pitch (I
> believe it was x'= sin(x*c), where 'c' is the chaotic parameter
> argument.) I think it illustrates well how humans can be made
> suprising by machines, and machines can be made interesting by humans.
>
> I am (re)dedicating this music to my amazing almost 7 months old
> daughter Annika, who keeps me an optimist.
>
> Best,
> Aaron.
>
>

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Magnus Jonsson <magnus@...> wrote:
>
> Can we hear it?
>

Yikes...braindead tonight....

http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/GroundbassInF.ogg
http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/GroundbassInF.mp3

> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
>
> > ...as in "1/4 comma"...basically this is very diatonic sunny music. I
> > used the wonderful physical modelling organ for Linux, Aeolus. You'd
> > swear you were in an old baroque chapel listening to an 18th century
> > restored organ somewhere in Europe.
> >
> > I wrote this piece back in 1997, for two flutes and a synth bass on my
> > old trusty Korg X5DR, in the key of C (low note going down to "G,,,").
> > Since I wanted to recast for pipe organ using Aeolus, and organ pedals
> > don't have "G,,,", I transposed the pedal parts up a 4th, and the two
> > upper parts down a 5th. So, it's now in F.
> >
> > The melodic material was written, as I remember, by hand editing,
> > adding to (in particular, the scale passages were all me), and
> > discarding material from the output of an algorithmic script I had
> > written way back, using a chaotic sine equation mapped to pitch (I
> > believe it was x'= sin(x*c), where 'c' is the chaotic parameter
> > argument.) I think it illustrates well how humans can be made
> > suprising by machines, and machines can be made interesting by humans.
> >
> > I am (re)dedicating this music to my amazing almost 7 months old
> > daughter Annika, who keeps me an optimist.
> >
> > Best,
> > Aaron.
> >
> >
>

Really good. Reminds me of change ringing.

-Carl

>> Can we hear it?
>>
>
>Yikes...braindead tonight....
>
>http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/GroundbassInF.ogg
>http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/GroundbassInF.mp3
>
>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
>>
>> > ...as in "1/4 comma"...basically this is very diatonic sunny music. I
>> > used the wonderful physical modelling organ for Linux, Aeolus. You'd
>> > swear you were in an old baroque chapel listening to an 18th century
>> > restored organ somewhere in Europe.
>> >
>> > I wrote this piece back in 1997, for two flutes and a synth bass on my
>> > old trusty Korg X5DR, in the key of C (low note going down to "G,,,").
>> > Since I wanted to recast for pipe organ using Aeolus, and organ pedals
>> > don't have "G,,,", I transposed the pedal parts up a 4th, and the two
>> > upper parts down a 5th. So, it's now in F.
>> >
>> > The melodic material was written, as I remember, by hand editing,
>> > adding to (in particular, the scale passages were all me), and
>> > discarding material from the output of an algorithmic script I had
>> > written way back, using a chaotic sine equation mapped to pitch (I
>> > believe it was x'= sin(x*c), where 'c' is the chaotic parameter
>> > argument.) I think it illustrates well how humans can be made
>> > suprising by machines, and machines can be made interesting by humans.
>> >
>> > I am (re)dedicating this music to my amazing almost 7 months old
>> > daughter Annika, who keeps me an optimist.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Aaron.