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beefing up diatonic instruments - was: OT: 5/4 challenge
Rick Walker schrieb:
On the 5:55 track I programmed the polyrhtym 5 against 4 using the
limitation
of the diatonic tuning in C of the music box.
Of course, as we're all using these strange loop things, here's a
concept to escape the limitations of diatonic tuning.
You need: a looper which has more speed settings than
normal/half/double. I personally use Mobius a lot, but something like
e.g. an Eventide TimeFactory, Lexicon 84, EH SMM w/Hazari etc. will also
do fine (Rick, I would expect the LP-1 can do this as well?)
Sticking with the C Ionian (major) example, play a melody into the
looper. Then do a varispeed, and get any of the chromatic pitches you
desire...depending on which speed factor you use, more or less of them
(e.g. 3/2 original speed = 5th up = you get an f#, 4/3 original speed =
4th up = you get a Bb etc.), which you can then use againts the
live-played diatonic instrument.
Now to wrestle this back on topic regarding odd time signatures: the
loop does not only change pitch, but also tempo. So if your loop
originally had a length of two bars (let's stick with the 5/4 example -
that would be 10 4ths), after shifting it up a 4th, it's now
10/(4/3)=15/8ths long, but if you played a quarter note before, this is
now a dotted eight.
So play your original two bar melody into the looper, varispeed it to
4/3, and continue playing your original melody on your diatonic
instrument - polyrhythm and chromatic tonality from a diatonic
instrument all in one looping box!
Rainer
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