Appendix 2: Experiment sessions - solo
Complete archive of sound experiments that were made on the viola
3. Experiment
1. Name/describe
3. Notate
4. Orchestrate
Output
Orchestration Strategy 2 - procedure
Descriptions:
3. Suppressed Magic and rising tension, bars 7-23
Sound 1: Percussive, woody, stingy, short, crisp
Sound 2: Percussive, plucky, hard
Sound 3: Hollow, tonal, airy
Sound 4: Like a car alarm in the distance, cold, stingy, white noise
Sound 5: Glass harmonium notes C and D
Sound 6: Percussive, like knocking on barrel wall in a basement
Sound 7: Super high pitched notes, like a boiling tea kettle
2. Exposition - the Fantastic World of Magic (not recorded)
Bars 34-42
Sound 1: Spiccato violins on low strings
Sound 2: Distorted pluck sound, like a small animal, nasal sound
Sound 3: Metalic percussive hit, like hitting a kitchen plate with a metal nail
Sound 4: Clarinet and bassoon solos
Sound 5: Tremolo violin
Sound 6: Electric bass guitar, muted
Bars 52-58:
Marimba sound – pizz/ Some variation of pizz
Metallic sound – spicc sul pont