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- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)

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Haiku #142: One note of the shakuhachi / resounds endlessly / piercing the winter clouds

This week's Naviar Haiku is by Sôen Nakagawa: 
One note of the Shakuhachi / resounds endlessly / piercing the winter clouds

This is single a live take on the modular synth.   I tried to get a breathy, flute-like sound, which I then ran through Strymon BigSky with none of the dry signal mixed in. I also ran this through Clouds, to sample and pitch-shift the notes, and ultimately to hold the sound endlessly at the finish of the track. The main repeated ostinato is several sine waves which are delicately frequency modulating each other, with an envelope that gradually changes from percussive to sustained and back. Bass is a simple Dark Energy patch, and the higher sequence is an 11-note sequence that has extra notes added occasionally, and the envelope on the voice picks out a more regular pattern so that the '11-ness' is not so apparent. 

One Note Of The Shakuhachi (naviarhaiku142)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
142 week haiku
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2016-09-22

One note of the shakuhachi (Naviar Haiku 142)

one note of the shakuhachi / resounds endlessly / piercing the winter clouds

all tonal sounds except the background pads and drums are created from a broken shakuhachi sample-CD, sampled in real time. 

sampled, mixed and mastered by www.stachy.dj

Naviarhaiku 142

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hofuku sochi 報復措置 - one note of the shakuhachi (or two?) [Naviarhaiku#142]

went literal: one held shakuhachi note, resonating at C1 - C6

.............. .      .             .

The haiku of the week was written by Sôen Nakagawa, a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world.

The shakuhachi is a Japanese end-blown flute that was originally introduced from China into Japan in the 8th century. If you’re curious to hear how it sounds, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7s-wXZWT5o

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku poem. To participate, visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

DEADLINE: 28th September

Poem by Sôen Nakagawa

Picture by Anne James

shakuhachi d  r   i    f     t (naviarhaiku142)

Written as companion to the following Haiku by Sôen Nakagawa:

One note of the Shakuhachi
resounds endlessly
piercing the winder clouds



For more information and to participate: http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Piercing Clouds

Piercing Clouds [NaviarHaiku142]

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

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Haiku #142: One note of the shakuhachi / resounds endlessly / piercing the winter clouds

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