{"id":1282,"date":"2019-11-30T11:39:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T11:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michael-edwards.org\/wp\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2019-11-30T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T17:08:00","slug":"ma-bel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michael-edwards.org\/wp\/?p=1282","title":{"rendered":"ma bel"},"content":{"rendered":"

ma bel<\/a>, m<\/em>y new piece for Jean-Francois Laporte’s compressed-air instrument, the babel table<\/em><\/a>, was premiered in Canada at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> on October 4th 2019. The featured image above is of Jean-Francois (left) along with Quasar<\/em> Quartet<\/a> comrades Jean-Marc Bouchard and Marie-Chantel Leclair. What they’re staring at is a laptop. Using MaxMSP<\/em><\/a>, this plays a video of the score in sync with the live triggering of lots of samples.<\/p>\n

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babel table<\/h2>\n
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The babel table<\/em> is Jean-Francois’ \u201call in one\u201d instrument that combines the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. the pipe<\/em>: a white plastic pipe blown with compressed air and using a hand-stretchable latex membrane on one end and a controllable stiff gate on the other;<\/li>\n
  2. the bowl<\/em>: a simple metal bowl covered with a latex membrane and excited by a pipe delivering compressed air blown through a trombone mouthpiece to emit a wide range of frequencies;<\/li>\n
  3. the acoustic oscillators<\/em> or insects<\/em>: a compressed-air wind instrument that emits very high frequencies;<\/li>\n
  4. the vibrating membranes<\/em> or telescopiques<\/em>: another wind instrument that emits a range of mid- to high-frequencies and incorporates a depressable membrane which can be used to glissando and tune the pitches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    video of the premiere<\/h2>\n