Microsound

Author: Curtis Roads
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262681544
Publisher: The MIT Press

Microsound

Below the level of the musical note lies the realm of microsound, of sound particles lasting less than one-tenth of a second.
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Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building blocks of music -- notes and their intervals -- into a more fluid and supple medium. The sensations of point, pulse (series of points), line (tone), and surface (texture) emerge as particle density increases. Sounds coalesce, evaporate, and mutate into other sounds.Composers have used theories of microsound in computer music since the 1950s. Distinguished practitioners include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. Today, with the increased interest in computer and electronic music, many young co

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