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"And then they had to sing together, but it didn't really come off because the real nightingale sang its own way and the artificial bird worked mechanically." [Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, 1843]
"Math and music tend to get along, supposedly music is just math in its best dress, ..." [Aimee Bender, An Invisible Sign of My Own, 2000]

Clockwork-Music

  1. [04:33] Seed of Song
    Plant a new sound-tree and touch it 136 times.
    (without room response)
  2. [03:26] Sound Check
    Up and down the scales.
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  3. [07:42] Nine Waves
    Playing with integer frequency ratios from N/N up to 2N/N for N = 1,2,3,4,5,6.
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  4. [02:27] Are You Sleeping?
    Music and lyrics: traditional from France
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  5. [01:06] Twist
    Twist bass-accompaniment with alternating rhythms.
    (0.77 direct + 0.1 IR MercedesVan.wav)
  6. [07:35] Finger Exercises
    4 different sequences of 5 tones played in 5 different rhythms. The same again and again with exponential increase of tempo and pitch.
    (0.77 direct + 0.1 IR MercedesVan.wav, fade out time 13%)
  7. [00:41] Prelude
    by Henri Bertini (1798-1876)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav, fade in time 25%)
  8. [01:00] Minuet
    by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  9. [00:47] The Trout
    by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  10. [03:35] Autumn Leaves
    Music: Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814)
    Lyrics: Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762-1834)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR FactoryHall.wav)
  11. [06:23] Song and Dance
    Music: traditional from Schleswig-Holstein (ca. 1770)
    Lyrics: Karl Viktor Müllenhoff (1818-1884)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav)
  12. [04:13] Cockles and Mussels
    Music and lyrics: James Yorkston (ca. 1880)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav, fade out time 18%)
  13. [02:39] Eternal Father Strong to Save
    Music: John B. Dykes (1861)
    Lyrics: William Whiting (1860)
    (0.0 direct + 0.3 IR ChicagoChurch.wav, fade in time 75%)
  14. [03:26] Cadence Variations
    Rhythmic variations of the chord-sequence D - A - G - D over 4 octaves.
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav, fade out time 5%)
  15. [03:18] Sputnik
    traditional from Russia
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav, fade in time 20%, fade out time 20%)
  16. [03:34] Good Night Song
    Music: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
    Lyrics: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)
    (0.7 direct + 0.28 IR AmsterdamLivingRoom.wav, fade in time 12%)

[56:25] total play time (min:sec)
mix: left and right channel (stereo) plus main signal room response

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