For Performance 9, I worked with Jiani, Bruce, and Alex, utilizing sensors and Max8. To minimize the busyness that was discussed in my last performance, I wanted to create a simple harmony that would complement the other parts of the performance from Alex, Bruce and Jiani. This would become the bass of the composition that was super low in frequency as it wouldn’t hinder the pitch qualities of the other performers. For Bruce, his sound was additive in nature in which he added tones that could be played in Max8 in a cycle. This would be built throughout on top of my established beat. As for Jiani and Alex, they served the middle tones where they didn’t pop out too much but not too little. This would allow for ample time for the progression of Bruce’s melody to be completed in the additive experience.
For the composition overall, I think that there may be some inbalance or disharmony from Jiani’s filter tones and the entire composition as the other three of us were more harmonic and rhythm based while the texture of Jiani’s was a bit too unstable. While compositionally it adds depth, it doesn’t create full harmony which could be in some people’s taste to be a great addition, but others to not feel that it’s that additive. If I’m referring to the quality of my part in relation to the composition, I think that mine also has flaws in the sense that the major bang note has a long frame of time before the second bang. This would cause it to be sudden in the composition. Moreover, i think that some notes may not match accordingly to Bruce’s mix which may also cause the harmony to not be that clear. Overall, I felt that while the composition works, it wasn’t too experimental like other groups which could be improved on for the last couple performances.
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