#graphic notation

[a-alban-works]

[pandioncristatus]

You heard there was a secret chord? Not anymore! Here's every chord

[clusterchords]

Julius Eastman, The Moon's Silent Modulation, 1970

[hurdy-girly]

The true way to my heart is with graphic notation. What’s that? You wrote a song, but traditional sheet music tactics couldn’t express the intent, so you broke the rules to make the system work on your terms? I see, I see. Quick question, can I add wedding bells to the score? Why, you ask? Oh, it’s because I want to marry you now

[saresmusings]

frank lepold - impromptu, 2015

[ijustkindalikebooks]

Some of the books I loved in January.

[ID: Nine book covers: Circe, Full Metal Alchemist Vol. 5, 1984, New Daughters Of Africa, On The Come Up, Paper Girls Vol. 2, The Tea Dragon Festival, Nevermoor: The Trials Of Morrigan Crow, and Wild Geese].

[workflowers]

40 Cryptograms (2006) - Mark Applebaum

[rmichaelwahlquist]

The graphic music score (drawn with the help of my talented wife) for Ashtottara Shatanama, the opening track of my prepared piano album Map of Trees (2013). The idea here is that the piano is prepared in a certain way (lower strings with rubber doorstops, middle strings with screws, upper strings with plastic combs) and that each tree is interpreted as a sonic event by the performer. Though each performer will realize the score differently, the distinct piano preparations combined with the clusters of similar and related trees give each performance the same overall sound world and outline.

In March 2021, as part of my ongoing recording project The Infinite Well, I'll be revisiting the parameters I set up in this piece and pushing it to the limits.

Check out more of the score, liner notes and listen to the full album here : https://www.rmichaelwahlquist.com/map-of-trees

You can also find Map of Trees on Spotify, Amazon music, or Apple music.

Listen one take on Ashtottara Shatanama here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3Jn6R2G-A