Saturday, November 17, 2007

A Call For (maximal multiple meanings matrices)

I have composed a simple, if boggling, study in simple, if boggling, polyrhythms. When I thought to add a text, I realized I was in need of:

Eight syllables, ordered initially (numbered 1-8) such that the following ordering "does something" to them:


1
12
123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678
2345678
345678
45678
5678
678
78
8
The crucial syllables are 1 and 8 because they get placed next to all the middle ones at some point; 3 is less significant for example because it only needs to coordinate with 1, 2, 4, and 8.

So, I will try to write some text like this, and I want to see you attempt it too.

In the full piece, each line will be repeated five times, and there will be a second part doing the same thing but in a different rhythm.

Off you go, now! Off I go, now!

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