Compositional Strategy+1

Elsewhere (tentative)

In this piece we would like to develop 4 different sound images-water, stone, wind and sand, to use both images as the background of electronics. The expected length of this piece could be approximately 6 minutes.

Instrumentation: Bass drum, bongos, snare drum, woodblocks, gongs, cymbal, triangle, maracas, ocean drum, bottles

Sketch:

1) Water 90’’ A(30’’)+B(30’’)+C(30’’)

A(30’’)  

percussion: woodblocks+gongs

B(30’’)

electronics: comes the sound of water in electronics;

percussion: the material of woodblocks becomes intensive and dense

C(30’’)

electronics: water sound gradually becomes water drops, and fade away;

percussion: add triangle and keep the sound of woodblock and gongs

2) Stone 90’’

percussion: sound of drums(bass drum; tom; bongos; snare)

electronics: sound of rocks(maybe 4 voices coming from different positions of speakers), interacting with percussion

3) Wind 90’’ A(30’’)+B(60’’)

A(30’’)

percussion: gongs, cymbals, bass drum

electronics: record the sound of blowing on a flute

B(60’’)

percussion: fixed rhythm

electronics: song of female voice

4) Sand 90’’

percussion: woodblocks, maracas, ocean drum, bottles,

electronics: sound of waves