Microtonal

An example of a 21st century transition from MONOCHROMATIC music systems (combinations and contrasts of black and white with static, absolute, linear pitch and intervallic relationships) to a POLYCHROMATIC paradigm (encompassing higher-resolution, 'aural color' pitch gradation systems with dynamic, relative, nonlinear and/or linear pitch color interrelationships).

Technological advances in musical hardware and software design have enabled vast development possibilities in the creation of new musical languages that cultivate our high levels of auditory discrimination (high-resolution hearing) and nonlinear characteristics of hearing (pitch/intervallic relativity, interactive harmonics, dynamic 'shape/texture' dimensionality);

...in contrast to current music systems which compromise our highly sensitive auditory perceptual abilities within simple, low-resolution, linear musical languages.

Aural resolution: 106 pitches per octave.

A microtonal 'bridge' composition attempting to convey an overlapping aesthetic intersection between a progressive extreme of conventional concepts/practices and a conservative extreme of radical innovation. A use of conventional melodic/harmonic structures, within an expanded, 'higher resolution', microtonal context.

Presenting an example of the transient outer reaches (and starting point) of the perception/conception of an immense musical universe; just beneath the surface of complacent convention...

An increasingly comprehensive context of understanding 'Art' as an integral process in conscious evolution.

Seeking via the strengths of auditory awareness, to present new experiences, challenges and innovations from which to expand awareness. New dimensions of understanding which have been perceptually inaccessible, except through aural experience.

A process facilitated by the presentation of 'aesthetic perceptual challenges' by which to catalyze our latent capacities to experience, understand, integrate and develop Gestalt awareness.

And an ongoing struggle with presenting intuitive ideas in discursive language; within which, any attempt toward increasing expressive clarity, paradoxically becomes more abstract and difficult to understand (obscured in complexity). An expressive process in such striking distinction to a wholistic intuitive sense of dynamic, complex structure, insights and ideas existing beyond linguistic words/symbols.

... leading us back to understanding Artistic creations as expressive exemplars (hints, intimations) of elements/essences of experience that are linguistically inexpressible.

More information: dolorescatherino.com

Video performance is available on YouTube. Polychromatic musical score and audio files are available for download on website. Open invitation extended to creative editing, remix and modification.

'Toward The Continuum' - 2nd Iteration

An intuitive, musical exploration of harmonic 'superspace'.

Continuing musical explorations in a journey toward the outer limits of polychromatic harmonic interactions, while maintaining a quasi-tonal orientation for conventional musical reference, as a point of departure.

This composition attempts to convey a sense that to the 3 spatial dimensions of length, width and depth, can be added a 4th dimension of auditory spacetime. That is, of duration and the evolving expression of multidimensional shapes and other qualia (immeasurable phenomena) accessible only through auditory perception.

Aural resolution: 106 pitches per octave (106ET)

more information: dolorescatherino.com

'Spatial Harmonics' - polychromatic composition by Dolores Catherino

polyphonic ping pong

I recorded the sound of a cat's meow and tuned it to make some of the tones in this song.


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Teaser track for large-scale composition, Virtutes Occultae. 

https://taylorbrook.bandcamp.com/releases

Virtutues Occultae is an album in eighteen sections for six physically modeled virtual pianos, each with a unique tuning in an extended 11-limit just intonation.

In writing this music I used a mixture of traditional composition methods of structuring the music with various harmonies and progressions along with more free writing, collage techniques, and algorithmic composition.

The tuning of the virtual pianos extends Harry Partch’s conception of the over-tonality.

www.taylorbrookmusic.com

Virtutes Occultae

Virtutes Occultae - 1) Prelude

Hear the original version here:
https://lullatone.bandcamp.com/track/a-blanket-of-snow-spotted-from-under-the-blankets-in-bed

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a blanket of snow spotted from under the blankets in bed (piano version)

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race against the sunset (piano version)

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STBB# 684 (The Tunnel)

Shinkansen 2

A propos des émotions qui nous submergent.

Lyrics

Laisse, attend de voir
Souffle ce qui tremble
Et garde ton pouvoir
Pour ceux qui le méritent vraiment

Reste au pied du lit
Souffle ce qui tremble
Et cherche dans le noir
Les traces de tout mouvement

Il est bientôt l'heure
Souffle ce qui tremble
Les choses que tu caches
Connaîtront le goût du vent

Oh j'ai gardé 
Tes phrases et tes couplets
Ils dorment dans ma tête

En temps voulu 
Tu entendras venir
La tempête

Credits
Nolika : Songwriting, Recording, All Intruments, Production, Mix
Studio Altho : Mastering

Ce Qui Tremble

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Dolores Catherino is an avant-garde  composer, exploring new sonic frontiers with PolyChromatic music. Inspired by creative collaboration, she is also exploring integrated perspectives at the crossroads of music, science, technology, and the humanities.

The music shared here is part of a larger exploration of developing increasing awareness of sound/vibration phenomena.

An invitation is extended to creative remix and modification!

'Toward The Continuum' - 2nd Iteration

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