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I thought I would share this with LP...a composition I started over the weekend, using the 12 tone composition method, which I posted for review in the CT Collective group. Roger Digi proposed a new project based on 12 composition, and I took the bait. This song is far too complex to perform and loop live, so I may end up writing a few more 12 tone compositions that I can perform live with the EDPs. If there is a piano player on LP who can play the sheet music I posted, I'll pay your mortgage for the next year! :) Ever heard of Frank Zappa's Civilization Phase III? http://www.myweb.cableone.net/chagstrom2/music/kris-hartung/12-Tone.htm See below for the details on the composition process, the sounds, etc. ********************************************************* I call this composition "Entanglement", named after one of my favorite books on quantum physics, by Amir D. Aczel. Call it an entanglement of Webern and hip hop! Soon me and my guitar will get mixed up in the mess. I still plan to add a guitar solo (consistent with the primary row) over the middle section of this song, plus improve and experiment with some other instruments, which will complete the tune. I just bought Finale 2005, which has both Sound Fonts and compatibility with third part Sound Fonts, which will be a HUGE improvement over my laptop's GM MIDI sound card sounds. I tested the song with the demo version of the software, and the output is unbelievable, especially with the humanizer function. Here's how I wrote the song: First, my primary 12 tone row is A, F, D, F#, Eb, G, C, C#, E, Bb, Ab, B. This isn't random, rather I experimented with the 12 tones until I found a sequence that felt good to me. Second, I used the online program to generate my matrix of permutations (prime, inversion, retrograde, and retrograde inversion): http://www.geocities.com/dan_cavanagh/matrix.htm Third, I used my notation software, Finale 2001, to compose the song using the matrix of rows. A link to the sheet music and the sound clip is below. In sequence, I used the primary row, the first inversion row, the second primary row, the second inversion row, the twelfth retrograde inversion row, the 12th retrograde row, the first through eleventh retrograde rows, and finally the third primary row. I some cases I wrote in single note sequence; in other cases, I used the rows more quickly with tone clusters. Fourth, I used Acid and some drum sample loops I purchased from the SonicFoundry web site to create some hip groove beats to add to the mix. Fifth, I integrated and mastered all of the above with ProTools LE. I repeated a few sections, so the sheet music is only the core composition, with some parts repeated in the actual sound clip. Sixth, next version will have a live guitar track, higher quality Sound Font sounds, and perhaps some new underlying ambient textures. Sound clip and sheet music: http://www.myweb.cableone.net/chagstrom2/music/kris-hartung/12-Tone.htm Cheers, ********************************* Krispen Hartung http://www.krispenhartung.com info@krispenhartung.com