Curio No. 76 (Extended)
An extension of the original seed orchestration of a recording of civil defense sirens. *** Seed Scores: *** ***
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Curio No. 76A (Extended Short)
Curio 76 ("Sirens") is one of the pieces that has been extended to 7 minutes, and this is an extracted short . The painting is The Sirens and Ulysses by William Etty The audio is actually generated from the Morse Code .-- .- .-. -. .. -. --. ... / .-.. --- ... . / - .... . .. .-. / .--. --- .-- . .-. / .-- .... . -. / - .... . -.-- / .- .-. . / .-. . .--. . .- - . -.. / - --- --- / --- ..-. - . -. Decode Score:
Curio No. 76B
An example of how one work can start to generate other pieces. The process for the Curios is to start the pieces as classical ensembles, then play other parts against them. This is a transcription of bass parts I played against it. It's a "caboose" on the end of it in what is turning out to be jazz--all based on civil defense sirens playing a Bmaj7(#11), The next step is to improvise on bass against this in B Lydian, so it's a kind of Rifts on bass.
Curio No. 76
3/5/2024 Today’s civil defense sirens are a Bmaj7(#11) chord. Just when I was doing a mix and video, there was a tornado warning issued. Very creepy. Don't loop for too long. This is the ambient version with electronic treatments and field recording of thunder and rain. You can actually play the score and video together, or play a note in the chord, like F or Bb. ***