Lee Barry Composition (And Photo) Diary

A piece using the Hungarian Gypsy scale (or mostly harmonic minor). The actual track is not piano. This is just an arrangement for it, and follows the same structure. The place: Montmartre, Bar de la Lune, 1932 Music For Places V: Music For Photographs by Lee Barry

It is difficult to chose the iconic Brassai photographs because all his work is iconic in my view. But this is the first one titled Brassai 1934. (You can Google the title to find the image). The actual location is Avenue de l'Observatoire in Paris. Brassai was the photographer the best captured the idea of "noir" in my opinion, and probably was the inspiration for many cinematographers of noir films. So this is doubly interesting for me--writing "noir" music based on noir photos that influenced films that composers scored to.   Music For Places V: Music For Photographs by Lee Barry Music For Places V: Music For Photographs by Lee Barry It's interesting how you can get harmonic complexity by moving one chord shape in context with open strings. (DADGAD) Music For Places V: Music For Photographs by Lee Barry