Kleismic Joy music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLtRwVl6so

So-called hit single from "An Udderbot Xmas" (unfinished, 2007). Jacob Barton on udderbots, vocals, gong (that's all there is!).

Amateuroso music video created Xmas 2010 by JAB+TES3+Leaves of Grass.

STEREO FIELDAGE: use headphones or decent speakers to honor your attentiveness.

TUNING NOTE: This piece is tuned to an 11-note subset of 19 equal divisions of the octave, a "kleismic" chain of minor thirds.

METRIC NOTE: As drawn poorly on the pavement, the udderbot drum machine moves *smoothly* from a 16-beat pattern to a 17-beat pattern by way of 11 (nexus at 2:05), using the same kind of process used to generate the tuning, but applied to rhythm. Credit due to Erv Wilson and others.

I like the ground, and also the percussion track very much!
I think I heard it before, without the video. But I hadn't
known the percussion is all udderbot -- it is a lot more
versitile than I thought. I wish I knew more about the rhythmic
technique you mention. Anyway, quite impressive in many
respects.

-Carl

Jacob (?) wrote:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLtRwVl6so
>
>So-called hit single from "An Udderbot Xmas" (unfinished, 2007). Jacob
>Barton on udderbots, vocals, gong (that's all there is!).
>
>Amateuroso music video created Xmas 2010 by JAB+TES3+Leaves of Grass.
>
>STEREO FIELDAGE: use headphones or decent speakers to honor your attentiveness.
>
>TUNING NOTE: This piece is tuned to an 11-note subset of 19 equal
>divisions of the octave, a "kleismic" chain of minor thirds.
>
>METRIC NOTE: As drawn poorly on the pavement, the udderbot drum
>machine moves *smoothly* from a 16-beat pattern to a 17-beat pattern
>by way of 11 (nexus at 2:05), using the same kind of process used to
>generate the tuning, but applied to rhythm. Credit due to Erv Wilson
>and others.
>

I thought something was wrong with my Mac when I heard the whistles
coming from my speakers, but I see now that it's our good ol' Jacob
beind ingeniuously creative again!

Oz.

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piccolosandcheese wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLtRwVl6so
>
> So-called hit single from "An Udderbot Xmas" (unfinished, 2007). Jacob Barton on udderbots, vocals, gong (that's all there is!).
>
> Amateuroso music video created Xmas 2010 by JAB+TES3+Leaves of Grass.
>
> STEREO FIELDAGE: use headphones or decent speakers to honor your attentiveness.
>
> TUNING NOTE: This piece is tuned to an 11-note subset of 19 equal divisions of the octave, a "kleismic" chain of minor thirds.
>
> METRIC NOTE: As drawn poorly on the pavement, the udderbot drum machine moves *smoothly* from a 16-beat pattern to a 17-beat pattern by way of 11 (nexus at 2:05), using the same kind of process used to generate the tuning, but applied to rhythm. Credit due to Erv Wilson and others.
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>

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A bit more on the rhythmic technique: The pattern is generated as moment-of-symmetry scales are generated, with a defined period size (one "measure") and a defined generator size. The generator, and thus the distribution of beats, changes gradually (by a small amount at the beginning of each measure) in the same matter, I think, as Sethares' TransFormSynth.

The metrical sequence used in the track is as follows:

(0:00) 16-beat equal pattern, as generated by 3/16 of one period.

(1:40) 16-beat unequal patterns, 11L + 5s, with L:s going from 1:1 to 1:0.

(2:05) 11-beat equal pattern, as generated by the nearby 2/11.

(2:08) 17-beat unequal patterns, 11L + 6s, with L:s going from 1:0 to 1:1

(2:32) 17-beat equal pattern, as generated by 3/17.

(3:21) 8-beat equal pattern, as generated by 1L + 7s, with L:s going from 1:1 to 1:0.

The generation is taken out only to 16 links, hence the hole in the 17-beat pattern.

Hoping this minimal explanation moves someone towards enlightenment.

Jacob

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:
>
> I like the ground, and also the percussion track very much!
> I think I heard it before, without the video. But I hadn't
> known the percussion is all udderbot -- it is a lot more
> versitile than I thought. I wish I knew more about the rhythmic
> technique you mention. Anyway, quite impressive in many
> respects.
>
> -Carl
>
> Jacob (?) wrote:
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLtRwVl6so
> >
> >So-called hit single from "An Udderbot Xmas" (unfinished, 2007). Jacob
> >Barton on udderbots, vocals, gong (that's all there is!).
> >
> >Amateuroso music video created Xmas 2010 by JAB+TES3+Leaves of Grass.
> >
> >STEREO FIELDAGE: use headphones or decent speakers to honor your attentiveness.
> >
> >TUNING NOTE: This piece is tuned to an 11-note subset of 19 equal
> >divisions of the octave, a "kleismic" chain of minor thirds.
> >
> >METRIC NOTE: As drawn poorly on the pavement, the udderbot drum
> >machine moves *smoothly* from a 16-beat pattern to a 17-beat pattern
> >by way of 11 (nexus at 2:05), using the same kind of process used to
> >generate the tuning, but applied to rhythm. Credit due to Erv Wilson
> >and others.
> >
>

Thanks Jacob, that's interesting. What a neat idea. -Carl

At 07:52 PM 12/26/2010, you wrote:
>
>A bit more on the rhythmic technique: The pattern is generated as
>moment-of-symmetry scales are generated, with a defined period size
>(one "measure") and a defined generator size. The generator, and thus
>the distribution of beats, changes gradually (by a small amount at the
>beginning of each measure) in the same matter, I think, as Sethares'
>TransFormSynth.
>
>The metrical sequence used in the track is as follows:
>
>(0:00) 16-beat equal pattern, as generated by 3/16 of one period.
>
>(1:40) 16-beat unequal patterns, 11L + 5s, with L:s going from 1:1 to 1:0.
>
>(2:05) 11-beat equal pattern, as generated by the nearby 2/11.
>
>(2:08) 17-beat unequal patterns, 11L + 6s, with L:s going from 1:0 to 1:1
>
>(2:32) 17-beat equal pattern, as generated by 3/17.
>
>(3:21) 8-beat equal pattern, as generated by 1L + 7s, with L:s going
>from 1:1 to 1:0.
>
>The generation is taken out only to 16 links, hence the hole in the
>17-beat pattern.
>
>Hoping this minimal explanation moves someone towards enlightenment.
>
>Jacob