VON ALLEM ETWAS

Qui sequitur via recta non ambulat in tenebris

Some years ago I found the canon enigmatico from Manuel Cardoso, a portuguese composer from the 17th Century. The canon enigmatico was a common praxis in the 16th Century and consists in hiding one of the polyphonic voices of a piece. Instead of music notation the composer writes in the Tenor II or Alto a text that should be deciphered to reconstruct the music. Manuel Cardoso wrote 1625 one canon enigmatico which as far as I know was only deciphered by the musicologist Mário de Sampayo Ribeiro in the 20th Century. The sentence is this: Qui sequitur via recta non ambulat in tenebris which could be translated as who follows me through a straight way will not be walking in the darkness. The part “who follows me through a straight way” means that you should read the Superius I backwards from the end to the beginning. The second part “will not be walking in the darkness” means that you should take the Superius I and read only the white notes and ignore the black ones.

A fascinating form of obscure mystery that once solved allows the piece to be performed with all voices.

This White Music means to be an Homage to Frei Manuel Cardoso. It is an algorithmic process where only the white notes are used. All the music is in this case from Chopin except for the black notes (in sense from pitch and not from rhythm).


White Keys Music - Chopin Op. 10 - 11

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Story Setting:
No Shadow Man was tormented. Everyone seemed to forget his existence, and Phat Cats were no exception.

One day, No Shadow Man hears rumors about a legendary ninja known as Notorious Man. Despite being a ninja meant to stay unseen, Notorious Man lived up to his name, being infamous. It was said that he possessed a ninjitsu that could alter his own and others' presence. No Shadow Man thought that if he could meet Notorious Man, perhaps his own presence could be amplified.

On a certain day, following a rumor, No Shadow Man finds Notorious Man at a casino he had decided to visit. It was an easy spot. Not exactly stealthy like a Ninja Turtle, but here he was in all his flashy appearance. "This guy’s ridiculous, standing out like a sore thumb!", thought No Shadow Man.

"Fine. I'll enhance your presence. But only if you beat me at roulette," Notorious Man, clad in flashy red ninja attire with a flushed, drunken face, declared.

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here you'll find mainly solo improvisations or together with other musicians, as well as excerpts of electronic and instrumental compositions.

White Keys Music - Chopin Op. 10 - 11

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