Re: Posted song: fretless guitar whipping up chords by looping

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Really pleasant, Per,
and interesting looping technic !


fabio
www.eterogeneo.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: "loopers-delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: Posted song: fretless guitar whipping up chords by looping


> Hi,
>
> Recorded this live looping piece this morning:
> http://www.looproom.com/audio/impro29febr2008.mp3
>
> The first four bars you hear is the recording of four parallel one bar
> loops. Then following comes not only traditional modal improvisation
> but also improvisation in harmony. This is new to me, in looping, and
> something I'm studying at the moment. In that sense this recording is
> my pilot test of this looping technique.
>
> Short technical briefing:
> The first recorded four loops are set to different Rate/Speed, so
> although I play the same one bar guitar pattern into each loop they
> play back at different speed and pitch. This creates the dreamy poly
> rhythm that kind of "grooves without a beat". As the fifth loop (half
> ways into the piece) I layer a much longer loop with layered notes in
> prim and fifth interval - no thirds! The thirds I spare for  melody
> playing on the top in order to "bend" the harmonies into major or
> minor as I improvise chord changes. By foot pedals not only the
> layered pad sound is re-pitched on-the-fly but also the four initial
> loops are given different speed/rate values, to match different
> chords.
>
> -- 
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
>
>
>
>
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