u/Ftb49

Hello everyone!

I recently composed this solo piano piece based on a short idea that popped into my head. I also tried to employ some counterpoint and generally stayed a bit more traditional, especially in relation to the more avant-garde projects I am currently working on. For this piece, I was mainly inspired by Ornstein and Scriabin.

I would really like to know what you think!

Link: Un petit Poème

Thank you very much for listening!

Hello everyone!

I have recently been discovering Schönberg and Ligeti and also tried experimenting with the composing techniques they developed. As someone who is very interested in Geography next to composition, I thought about how I could perhaps incorporate the terrain of any given landscape into music. I am presenting a short sketch for piano in 24-EDO (I am aware that this is technically unplayable as a piano is limited to 12-EDO but keep in mind that this is a sketch and that I was mainly trying to mess around with the data anylsis aspect).

Link: Topographical Music

Here is some technical info in relation to my method of composing this, if you are interested:

Using a python code, I extracted the x and y coordinates of each individual pixel on a topographic map I took from here and defined an algorithm to determine the z coordinate based on the degree of whiteness of each pixel. Based on that I graphed all 80000 coordinates derived from these pixels in Desmos 3D (see the 2nd Image).

In order to reduce the set of data to something more manageable, I took all the coordinates into excel and used another algorithm to delete every third coordinate, reducing the pixel count to just about 26000.

In order to being able to hear what this data sounds like, I took all coordinates where y=0 and extracted this line of coordinates. Then I used the following formula to turn the z value into a frequency that can be heard:

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Based on the resulting value, I rounded it up to the nearest freqeuncy in 24-EDO and that is how I got the notes for the piece that I am presenting here.

I think that what I currently have is still way to simple. What could be done is to take certain lines within the model and assign them each their own instrument in the orchestra. However, currently the sketch is purely a single-line texture.

Here are some images of the process:

• The topography map that was used for this composition: https://imgur.com/a/QcFZNNN
• The 80000 coordinate model: https://imgur.com/a/Ytrh0q4
• A few perspective onto the optimised model: https://imgur.com/a/va9BqKj
• The sequence of coordinates used for this composition: https://imgur.com/a/9thlsGG

I would be very interested in any feedback!