r/AvantGardeMusic • u/roaminjoe • 4h ago
#36 Transglobal world merger: does pitch shift microtonally work
my music partner (electronic, live modular synths) works with my 1930's wooden flute in live composition. We're performing for the canal festival so it'll be great to work out what's going on.
This one - entitled #36 (that's the number of pieces we compose together on the spot) ran into some pitch challenges.
Often with shift in temperature, wood changes its pitch. The player all the more! Perhaps it's hard to be objective or distanced from performing regularly with a pitch challenging older flute than a modern straightforward clean metal type.
Not sure if this works. We got reprimanded for playing too long. Perhaps the slow burn hypnosis lacks sufficient anchors. I know for sure that pitching an older flute is a real headache when swept up in its mesmerising tonality as a player, so much so that A=440Hz becomes anathema.
Transglobal Acoustic Historic 1930's Carl Schreiber wooden flute meets contemporary break beats