fascinating piece - all the pitches are harmonics 8 and upwards of an unheard low C many octaves below the low contrabass C - by my calculations these are all harmonics of a 4.0875Hz "fundamental". the low contrabass C (C1) is the 8th harmonic of this, so Poppe has done this to erase the perhaps too obvious C major-ness of those first 6 harmonics. i have no idea how they distinguish the intonation of the upper harmonics!
To answer the question of how the musicians distinguish the intonation of all those upper harmonics: they don’t. The musicians aren’t computers with absolute perfect pitch, so when they see a marking to play a little sharp or a little flat or a quarter tone or whatever it’s all approximate. It’s impossible to play exactly what the composer asks for, unless it’s played by a synthesizer/computer
Pieces like this are interesting on paper and I’m sure sound really neat in the midi file, but they are very frustrating for the musicians because while we want to be able to play what the composer has asked for, it isn’t actually possible.
Listened yesterday at Los Angeles Philharmonic. Pure cacophony. Literally, people were covering their hears in order to keep these sounds out of their system. Ruined the mood of all Brahms based concert. I understand that some people like this kind of performance, then they should make a program with only this kind of music. Personally, it was the worst concert ever.
Understandable. After all, the taste of music is personal stuff. I would be frantic to listen to such music and fall asleep to some Brahms-tbh, I already did.
Couldn’t agree more! I was also there and left in the middle of the performance and came back for Brahms concerto. But this piece ruined it for me. I couldn’t focus on Brahms
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Thank you so much!
Lifechanging piece, been listening to this so often since you uploaded it.
sodelicious......................
fascinating piece - all the pitches are harmonics 8 and upwards of an unheard low C many octaves below the low contrabass C - by my calculations these are all harmonics of a 4.0875Hz "fundamental". the low contrabass C (C1) is the 8th harmonic of this, so Poppe has done this to erase the perhaps too obvious C major-ness of those first 6 harmonics. i have no idea how they distinguish the intonation of the upper harmonics!
To answer the question of how the musicians distinguish the intonation of all those upper harmonics: they don’t. The musicians aren’t computers with absolute perfect pitch, so when they see a marking to play a little sharp or a little flat or a quarter tone or whatever it’s all approximate. It’s impossible to play exactly what the composer asks for, unless it’s played by a synthesizer/computer
Pieces like this are interesting on paper and I’m sure sound really neat in the midi file, but they are very frustrating for the musicians because while we want to be able to play what the composer has asked for, it isn’t actually possible.
I love you
and I love that C (Major?????) chords
Yes!!
(von Rebecca Saunders, 2016-17)
Haha, good one
To nie je Haas?
@@patrikKako Nie je mi z toho zle, takže nie
fantastic
metalworking factory sounds
Listened yesterday at Los Angeles Philharmonic. Pure cacophony. Literally, people were covering their hears in order to keep these sounds out of their system. Ruined the mood of all Brahms based concert. I understand that some people like this kind of performance, then they should make a program with only this kind of music. Personally, it was the worst concert ever.
Understandable. After all, the taste of music is personal stuff. I would be frantic to listen to such music and fall asleep to some Brahms-tbh, I already did.
Still, I must admit putting Poppe in an all-Brahms concert is absolutely an awkward move.
Couldn’t agree more! I was also there and left in the middle of the performance and came back for Brahms concerto. But this piece ruined it for me. I couldn’t focus on Brahms