Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:43:43 +0200 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/ https://img.hearthis.at/2/0/7/_/uploads/8809023/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1496604702.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/seikilosepitaph/ 4578608 no no Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:49:19 +0200 2020-04-13T00:49:19+02:00 3:20 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/session/ 4544411 no no Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:06:17 +0200 2020-04-05T17:06:17+02:00 1:25 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/wake-up-jingle-based-on-marc-charpentiers-prelude-to-the-te-deum-yitrvdrjbk/ 4118207 no no Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:41:12 +0100 2019-11-30T23:41:12+01:00 1:03 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/lichtfeestr4session/
Instruments used: yoshimi software synthesizer, supercolllider, yamaha gt-2 digital piano, casio wk7600 keyboard, ardour5 DAW, and a laptop running Arch linux.]]>
Instruments used: yoshimi software synthesizer, supercolllider, yamaha gt-2 digital piano, casio wk7600 keyboard, ardour5 DAW, and a laptop running Arch linux.]]> 3989645 no no Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:12:59 +0100 2019-11-10T10:12:59+01:00 12:03 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/christmas/ ]]> ]]> 2695234 no no Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:16:12 +0100 2018-12-26T00:16:12+01:00 2:13 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/48edimprosession/ ]]> ]]> 2695233 no no Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:11:34 +0100 2018-12-26T00:11:34+01:00 6:26 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/atwar/ ]]> ]]> 2445234 no no Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:14:43 +0200 2018-10-12T10:14:43+02:00 4:18 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/toccata/ ]]> ]]> 2438011 no no Sun, 07 Oct 2018 23:23:37 +0200 2018-10-07T23:23:37+02:00 2:33 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/r1session/
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]]> 2199313 no no Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:40:47 +0200 2018-07-26T19:40:47+02:00 4:45 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/thevows/ ]]> ]]> 1347529 no no Sun, 04 Jun 2017 22:32:31 +0200 2017-06-04T22:32:31+02:00 7:06 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/come-back-to-me-with-free-score/
Recorded on a casio wk-7600

I really ought to re-record this because there's a mistake somewhere, but for now I chose to move on to new and different things.
License is CC-BY-SA.]]>
Recorded on a casio wk-7600

I really ought to re-record this because there's a mistake somewhere, but for now I chose to move on to new and different things.
License is CC-BY-SA.]]> 1347425 no no Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:44:13 +0200 2016-09-03T14:44:13+02:00 2:14 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/eagle-riff-v2-tunestorm/
Instruments used:
- mellowbass from the NoBudget orchestra
- hydrogen drum machine
- yoshimi "analog brass 4" patch for the pads
- faust-stk physical flute model (customized with some extra frequency multiplier to compensate for the detuning caused by cranking up the non-linearity parameter)
- yoshimi "magnolia" patch for the popcorn-like themes
- yoshimi "choir pad 1" patch for the epilogue

Composed in lilypond, exported to MIDI, imported in Ardour4 DAW.]]>
Instruments used:
- mellowbass from the NoBudget orchestra
- hydrogen drum machine
- yoshimi "analog brass 4" patch for the pads
- faust-stk physical flute model (customized with some extra frequency multiplier to compensate for the detuning caused by cranking up the non-linearity parameter)
- yoshimi "magnolia" patch for the popcorn-like themes
- yoshimi "choir pad 1" patch for the epilogue

Composed in lilypond, exported to MIDI, imported in Ardour4 DAW.]]> 1347427 no no Sun, 08 May 2016 10:28:02 +0200 2016-05-08T10:28:02+02:00 2:21 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/waltz-for-the-end-of-time-tunestorm/ ]]> ]]> 1347428 no no Fri, 06 May 2016 23:00:26 +0200 2016-05-06T23:00:26+02:00 2:11 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/merry-christmas-veggie-cowboy-tunestorm/ The home-brewn lyrics are somewhat on the edge of widely acceptable. Oh well.

For years I yearned for love love love,
a girl was what I need.
I dreamed for her to live with me,
I needed her with speed.

I built myself this snowgirl,
most gorgeous girl on earth,
't was on a Christmas morning,
that I arranged her birth.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's sing of ho ho ho]

I gave her quite a carrot,
some leeks to lace her shirt,
to underline her deep dark eyes,
I squirted in some dirt.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's sing of ho ho ho]

But as she stood outside alone,
I felt I missed her so,
I want her under my mistletoe,
and do the ho ho ho.

The Christmas spirit came to me,
and I made her come in,
She felt so cold, yet made me hot,
It felt like a sin,
but it was a win win.

Disaster struck when overnight,
the girl had disappeared,
she silently had left my bed,
and left it wet wet wet.

Yet never everything is lost,
and also in this case,
She left her carrot in my bed,
Together with the lace.

That moment when I realized,
the girl wasn't my thing.
I used the carrot otherwise,
and boy did joy it bring.

So here's a piece of good advice,
whenever you feel low,
go toss yourself a salad bar,
with carrot, leeks and snow.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's feel like wow wow wow]
]]> The home-brewn lyrics are somewhat on the edge of widely acceptable. Oh well.

For years I yearned for love love love,
a girl was what I need.
I dreamed for her to live with me,
I needed her with speed.

I built myself this snowgirl,
most gorgeous girl on earth,
't was on a Christmas morning,
that I arranged her birth.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's sing of ho ho ho]

I gave her quite a carrot,
some leeks to lace her shirt,
to underline her deep dark eyes,
I squirted in some dirt.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's sing of ho ho ho]

But as she stood outside alone,
I felt I missed her so,
I want her under my mistletoe,
and do the ho ho ho.

The Christmas spirit came to me,
and I made her come in,
She felt so cold, yet made me hot,
It felt like a sin,
but it was a win win.

Disaster struck when overnight,
the girl had disappeared,
she silently had left my bed,
and left it wet wet wet.

Yet never everything is lost,
and also in this case,
She left her carrot in my bed,
Together with the lace.

That moment when I realized,
the girl wasn't my thing.
I used the carrot otherwise,
and boy did joy it bring.

So here's a piece of good advice,
whenever you feel low,
go toss yourself a salad bar,
with carrot, leeks and snow.

[Yippee ya yo, yippee ya yay, this is the cowboy way.
Yippee ya yay, yippee ya yo, let's feel like wow wow wow]
]]> 1347429 no no Fri, 06 May 2016 22:59:41 +0200 2016-05-06T22:59:41+02:00 2:55 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/rancid-light-halloween-2015/ ]]> ]]> 1347430 no no Fri, 06 May 2016 22:57:40 +0200 2016-05-06T22:57:40+02:00 1:00 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/walk-in-the-witch-wood-halloween-2014/ Beware of of getting dizzy...]]> Beware of of getting dizzy...]]> 1347431 no no Fri, 06 May 2016 22:57:00 +0200 2016-05-06T22:57:00+02:00 1:00 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/stefaanhimpe-variation-on-a-slippery-slope/ First time I've used "SAL" (part of common music 3, see http://commonmusic.sourceforge.net/) to generate some music events.]]> First time I've used "SAL" (part of common music 3, see http://commonmusic.sourceforge.net/) to generate some music events.]]> 1347432 no no Mon, 25 May 2015 15:53:17 +0200 2015-05-25T15:53:17+02:00 0:22 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/stefaanhimpe-variation-lugubre/ ]]> ]]> 1347433 no no Wed, 20 May 2015 23:48:53 +0200 2015-05-20T23:48:53+02:00 0:25 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/stefaanhimpe-variation-double-oh-seven/ For more information, see track "Fixed theme for variations on a theme experiment" (https://soundcloud.com/stefaanhimpe/fixed-theme-for-variations-on-a-theme-experiment-session)
in group "Variations on a given theme" (https://soundcloud.com/groups/variations-on-a-given-theme )]]> For more information, see track "Fixed theme for variations on a theme experiment" (https://soundcloud.com/stefaanhimpe/fixed-theme-for-variations-on-a-theme-experiment-session)
in group "Variations on a given theme" (https://soundcloud.com/groups/variations-on-a-given-theme )]]> 1347434 no no Mon, 18 May 2015 23:20:41 +0200 2015-05-18T23:20:41+02:00 0:57 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/stefaanhimpe-variation-in-blue/ 1347435 no no Sat, 16 May 2015 21:40:58 +0200 2015-05-16T21:40:58+02:00 0:54 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/fixed-theme-for-variations-on-a-theme-experiment/
The score can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JcYjgxQWlLa1V3OEg4Rnk5eE0&authuser=0

the chords are:
Dm Dm Am Dm
Dm Dm Em Am
Dm Dm Am Dm
]]>
The score can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JcYjgxQWlLa1V3OEg4Rnk5eE0&authuser=0

the chords are:
Dm Dm Am Dm
Dm Dm Em Am
Dm Dm Am Dm
]]> 1347436 no no Thu, 14 May 2015 16:10:09 +0200 2015-05-14T16:10:09+02:00 0:19 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/rsprpsrps/
Rolando Gonzalez
Philip Rostek
Stefaan Himpe]]>
Rolando Gonzalez
Philip Rostek
Stefaan Himpe]]> 1347437 no no Wed, 13 May 2015 00:16:32 +0200 2015-05-13T00:16:32+02:00 5:07 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/fairy-tale-for-piano-solo/ More info on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2015/01/stefaan-himpe-fairy-tale-for-piano-solo.html
]]> More info on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2015/01/stefaan-himpe-fairy-tale-for-piano-solo.html
]]> 1347438 no no Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:58:58 +0100 2015-01-16T00:58:58+01:00 3:50 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/coursera-computational-arts-week-11-assignment/ ]]> ]]> 1347439 no no Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:20:10 +0100 2014-11-06T23:20:10+01:00 1:00 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/my-name/ ]]> ]]> 1347440 no no Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:26:16 +0100 2014-10-28T23:26:16+01:00 0:02 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/trimodal-canon/ 1347441 no no Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:27:25 +0200 2014-07-28T20:27:25+02:00 2:02 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/i-died-for-beauty/ feel free to contact me for collaboration. More information about these modes of internal symmetry can be found on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/03/olivier-messiaen-closer-look-at-his.html

I Died For Beauty

I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.

He questioned softly why I failed?
"For beauty," I replied.
"And I for truth - the two are one;
We brethren are," he said.

And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.
Emily Dickinson]]> feel free to contact me for collaboration. More information about these modes of internal symmetry can be found on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/03/olivier-messiaen-closer-look-at-his.html

I Died For Beauty

I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.

He questioned softly why I failed?
"For beauty," I replied.
"And I for truth - the two are one;
We brethren are," he said.

And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.
Emily Dickinson]]> 1347442 no no Fri, 02 May 2014 16:36:15 +0200 2014-05-02T16:36:15+02:00 1:56 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/wandrers-nachtlied/
The poem:

Über allen Gipfeln
Ist Ruh,
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

In case your German is not fluent, here's a version of the poem in English made by John Whaley:

Over all the hills
Peace comes anew,
The woodland stills
All through;
The birds make no sound on the bough,
Wait a while,
Soon now
Peace comes to you.]]>
The poem:

Über allen Gipfeln
Ist Ruh,
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

In case your German is not fluent, here's a version of the poem in English made by John Whaley:

Over all the hills
Peace comes anew,
The woodland stills
All through;
The birds make no sound on the bough,
Wait a while,
Soon now
Peace comes to you.]]> 1347443 no no Fri, 02 May 2014 16:32:26 +0200 2014-05-02T16:32:26+02:00 2:33 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/etude-for-piano-solo/ http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/01/etude-for-piano-solo.html
]]> http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2014/01/etude-for-piano-solo.html
]]> 1347444 no no Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:48:19 +0100 2014-01-04T23:48:19+01:00 2:28 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/lamentatio/ 1347445 no no Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:59:16 +0100 2013-12-31T02:59:16+01:00 2:28 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/virtual-choir/
Excuses to the sensitive ears: the singing indeed is not entirely accurate - it takes some getting used to singing accurately if you don't have the expected feedback in your ears ;)

More explanation and downloadable code on http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/12/virtual-choir-auto-harmonize-your-voice.html

]]>
Excuses to the sensitive ears: the singing indeed is not entirely accurate - it takes some getting used to singing accurately if you don't have the expected feedback in your ears ;)

More explanation and downloadable code on http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/12/virtual-choir-auto-harmonize-your-voice.html

]]> 1347446 no no Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:38:48 +0100 2013-12-29T11:38:48+01:00 0:30 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/streams-and-paths/
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]]> 1347447 no no Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:43:46 +0200 2013-10-03T00:43:46+02:00 2:36 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/algorithmically-generated-canon/
You can get some explanation and the full code to the program on my blog:
http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.com/2013/08/algorithmic-composition-generating.html
The algorithm used the following inputs:

# define a chord progression that serves as basis for the canon (change this!)
chords = "C F Am Dm G C"
# scale in which to interpret these chords
scale = music21.scale.MajorScale("C")
# realize the chords using the given number of voices (e.g. 4)
voices = 5
# realize the chords in octave 4 (e.g. 4)
octave = 4
# realize the chords using half notes (e.g. 1 for a whole note)
quarterLength = 2
# number of times to spice-up the streams (e.g. 2)
spice_depth = 1
# how many instances of the same chords to stack (e.g. 2)
stacking = 1
# define extra transpositions for different voices (e.g. +12, -24, ...)
# note that the currently implemented method only gives good results with multiples of 12
voice_transpositions = { VOICE1 : 0, VOICE2 : 0, VOICE3 : -12, VOICE4: -24, VOICE5: -12 }]]>
You can get some explanation and the full code to the program on my blog:
http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.com/2013/08/algorithmic-composition-generating.html
The algorithm used the following inputs:

# define a chord progression that serves as basis for the canon (change this!)
chords = "C F Am Dm G C"
# scale in which to interpret these chords
scale = music21.scale.MajorScale("C")
# realize the chords using the given number of voices (e.g. 4)
voices = 5
# realize the chords in octave 4 (e.g. 4)
octave = 4
# realize the chords using half notes (e.g. 1 for a whole note)
quarterLength = 2
# number of times to spice-up the streams (e.g. 2)
spice_depth = 1
# how many instances of the same chords to stack (e.g. 2)
stacking = 1
# define extra transpositions for different voices (e.g. +12, -24, ...)
# note that the currently implemented method only gives good results with multiples of 12
voice_transpositions = { VOICE1 : 0, VOICE2 : 0, VOICE3 : -12, VOICE4: -24, VOICE5: -12 }]]> 1347448 no no Sun, 25 Aug 2013 01:02:59 +0200 2013-08-25T01:02:59+02:00 2:26 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep/ See http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/07/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.html for more information]]> See http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/07/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.html for more information]]> 1347449 no no Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:11:36 +0200 2013-07-04T00:11:36+02:00 3:28 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/seaside-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter-sounds-exactly-the-same-in-reverse/
Inspired by a crab canon poem of Julia Galef: http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/06/06/a-crab-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter/

More info here: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/06/seaside-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter.html]]>
Inspired by a crab canon poem of Julia Galef: http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/06/06/a-crab-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter/

More info here: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2013/06/seaside-canon-for-douglas-hofstadter.html]]> 1347450 no no Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:14:53 +0200 2013-06-27T13:14:53+02:00 3:50 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/exploration-of-algorithmic-composition/
The midi events are generated based on a concept of randomness within constraints. The things you hear are randomly generated, but not in an "anything goes" manner.

Constraints are imposed to limit the disorder of the randomness. Just like harmony and counterpoint limit randomness in traditional composition, the constraints here limit randomness in the experimental composition. One could say that different constraints generate families of alternative music theories.

"Randomness within constraints" is a deep idea whose time has come. Nowadays it is extremely popular both in science (artificial intelligence) and art (abstract art) and indeed one of the basic mechanisms underlying the origin and evolution of life itself. I suspect that "randomness within constraints" is the barren wasteland where creativity and innovation hides. In this piece, I try to explore a number of different constraints. In some cases the constraints slowly evolve, in other cases they abruptly change.

Ton De Leeuw in a speech once distinguished between two kinds of music: "music that becomes" versus "music that is". "Music that becomes" is music that starts from a begin point and gradually evolves. "Music that is" is music that doesn't show any progression or evolution. Because the constraints I used are quite static (with some exceptions they don't gradually evolve as time progresses), I think this composition is closer to "music that is". Nevertheless, I hope that by combining different timbres and different constraints I have managed to keep the composition reasonably interesting to listen to.
Note: I do not consider "traditional music theory" (or rather: the different traditional music theory families) inferior or unnecessary (quite the contrary!), but in this piece I don't mind looking beyond its borders.

For this composition I programmed my own algorithmic composition system using Python, Rtmidi, Yoshimi and LinuxSampler with Sonatina Sound Fonts, but for a next algorithmic composition (if any ;) ) I would probably try to use the excellent supercollider environment instead.

The code is available here: https://github.com/shimpe/twenty-five-shades-of-random
]]>
The midi events are generated based on a concept of randomness within constraints. The things you hear are randomly generated, but not in an "anything goes" manner.

Constraints are imposed to limit the disorder of the randomness. Just like harmony and counterpoint limit randomness in traditional composition, the constraints here limit randomness in the experimental composition. One could say that different constraints generate families of alternative music theories.

"Randomness within constraints" is a deep idea whose time has come. Nowadays it is extremely popular both in science (artificial intelligence) and art (abstract art) and indeed one of the basic mechanisms underlying the origin and evolution of life itself. I suspect that "randomness within constraints" is the barren wasteland where creativity and innovation hides. In this piece, I try to explore a number of different constraints. In some cases the constraints slowly evolve, in other cases they abruptly change.

Ton De Leeuw in a speech once distinguished between two kinds of music: "music that becomes" versus "music that is". "Music that becomes" is music that starts from a begin point and gradually evolves. "Music that is" is music that doesn't show any progression or evolution. Because the constraints I used are quite static (with some exceptions they don't gradually evolve as time progresses), I think this composition is closer to "music that is". Nevertheless, I hope that by combining different timbres and different constraints I have managed to keep the composition reasonably interesting to listen to.
Note: I do not consider "traditional music theory" (or rather: the different traditional music theory families) inferior or unnecessary (quite the contrary!), but in this piece I don't mind looking beyond its borders.

For this composition I programmed my own algorithmic composition system using Python, Rtmidi, Yoshimi and LinuxSampler with Sonatina Sound Fonts, but for a next algorithmic composition (if any ;) ) I would probably try to use the excellent supercollider environment instead.

The code is available here: https://github.com/shimpe/twenty-five-shades-of-random
]]> 1347451 no no Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:51:09 +0200 2013-04-19T01:51:09+02:00 13:03 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/gruesome-lullaby/ ]]> ]]> 1347452 no no Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:25:19 +0100 2013-02-24T01:25:19+01:00 3:11 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/aus-der-tiefen-ruf-ich-herr-zu-dir/
A very experimental 1-minute piece done in the context of a digital sound design course.
Experimenting with
- soundscapes
- sonification (here: tracking the intonation of a voice with a midi instrument)
- effects (phasing, panning, volume, reverb, reverse, time stretch, pitch shift...) and track automation
- midi and audio tracks

I do not expect anyone to understand this music (but I quite like it!)]]>
A very experimental 1-minute piece done in the context of a digital sound design course.
Experimenting with
- soundscapes
- sonification (here: tracking the intonation of a voice with a midi instrument)
- effects (phasing, panning, volume, reverb, reverse, time stretch, pitch shift...) and track automation
- midi and audio tracks

I do not expect anyone to understand this music (but I quite like it!)]]> 1347453 no no Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:40 +0100 2013-02-20T20:00:40+01:00 1:17 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/sketch-for-an-introduction-to-a-requiem/ ]]> ]]> 1347454 no no Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:14:19 +0100 2012-12-28T01:14:19+01:00 2:35 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/herderkens-lagen-bij-nachte-synth-version/ 1347455 no no Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:07:24 +0100 2012-12-06T00:07:24+01:00 1:32 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/table-canon-in-four-voices/
A Table canon is a retrograde and inverse canon meant to be placed on a table in between two musicians, who both read the same line of music in opposite directions. As both parts are included in each single line, a second line is not needed.

I thought there should be no reason to limit one musician to one line of music (or to limit one side of the table to one musician), so I created a table canon with two lines of music per musician (or two musicians per side of the table).

You hear three parts: part I is a 2-voice theme, part II is the same 2-voice theme upside-down, finally part III consists of part I playing simultaneously with part II. The actual piece consists of part III only. The rest is added for demonstration purposes. You will notice that the 2-voice themes sometimes sound a bit awkward. Compared to my previous musical constructions, it was harder to construct a theme that sounds reasonably interesting and reasonably well together with itself playing backwards and upside down in 4 voices.

I have published an article explaining the method I used to create this on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/08/how-to-write-table-canon.html]]>
A Table canon is a retrograde and inverse canon meant to be placed on a table in between two musicians, who both read the same line of music in opposite directions. As both parts are included in each single line, a second line is not needed.

I thought there should be no reason to limit one musician to one line of music (or to limit one side of the table to one musician), so I created a table canon with two lines of music per musician (or two musicians per side of the table).

You hear three parts: part I is a 2-voice theme, part II is the same 2-voice theme upside-down, finally part III consists of part I playing simultaneously with part II. The actual piece consists of part III only. The rest is added for demonstration purposes. You will notice that the 2-voice themes sometimes sound a bit awkward. Compared to my previous musical constructions, it was harder to construct a theme that sounds reasonably interesting and reasonably well together with itself playing backwards and upside down in 4 voices.

I have published an article explaining the method I used to create this on my blog: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/08/how-to-write-table-canon.html]]> 1347456 no no Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:40:40 +0200 2012-08-26T14:40:40+02:00 1:19 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/crab-canon/ in the somwhat exotic meter of 11/4 (Why? Because I can ;) )

Here's a crab canon in four voices for violin, viola, oboe and bassoon.
It's also a palindrome canon, i.e. if you play the piece backwards
you get the exact same music piece again (barring instrument assignments).

A tutorial on how to write pieces like this is available on my blog http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-write-crab-canon.html]]> in the somwhat exotic meter of 11/4 (Why? Because I can ;) )

Here's a crab canon in four voices for violin, viola, oboe and bassoon.
It's also a palindrome canon, i.e. if you play the piece backwards
you get the exact same music piece again (barring instrument assignments).

A tutorial on how to write pieces like this is available on my blog http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-write-crab-canon.html]]> 1347457 no no Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:34:01 +0200 2012-08-18T10:34:01+02:00 2:31 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/little-fly/
Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827)]]>
Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827)]]> 1347458 no no Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:28:21 +0200 2012-08-12T22:28:21+02:00 1:20 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/6-part-invention/
The piece is 95% automatically calculated from a C-Dm-F-G chord progression. The construction of the piece is completely explained in a blog post http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/07/explanation-about-technique-used-in.html .

Don't worry, J.S.Bach, while the piece sounds OK (to me!), you don't have to fear being out of work yet. (Oh, wait...)

Rendered in LMMS using fluidR3 soundfont.]]>
The piece is 95% automatically calculated from a C-Dm-F-G chord progression. The construction of the piece is completely explained in a blog post http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/07/explanation-about-technique-used-in.html .

Don't worry, J.S.Bach, while the piece sounds OK (to me!), you don't have to fear being out of work yet. (Oh, wait...)

Rendered in LMMS using fluidR3 soundfont.]]> 1347459 no no Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:59:13 +0200 2012-07-27T22:59:13+02:00 2:20 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/canon-tutorial/ 1347460 no no Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:50:19 +0200 2012-07-24T21:50:19+02:00 0:43 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/canon-in-5/ Strict in this context means: all voices are exactly the same. I have used some jazzy harmonies
i.e. the canon is "wrong" according to the rules of the classical music theory, but I think the ear
cannot be wrong :p

This is the first result of an experiment to algorithmically construct "naturally-sounding" canons.

With the method I invented (or more likely: rediscovered ;-) ) creating a simple canon like this
takes only a few minutes... (YAY!)

You can get the score from my blog page:
The score can be found on my blog page: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/07/canon-in-5.html

Rendered in LMMS using fluidR3 soundfont.]]> Strict in this context means: all voices are exactly the same. I have used some jazzy harmonies
i.e. the canon is "wrong" according to the rules of the classical music theory, but I think the ear
cannot be wrong :p

This is the first result of an experiment to algorithmically construct "naturally-sounding" canons.

With the method I invented (or more likely: rediscovered ;-) ) creating a simple canon like this
takes only a few minutes... (YAY!)

You can get the score from my blog page:
The score can be found on my blog page: http://a-touch-of-music.blogspot.be/2012/07/canon-in-5.html

Rendered in LMMS using fluidR3 soundfont.]]> 1347461 no no Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:26:15 +0200 2012-07-23T23:26:15+02:00 2:48 https://hearthis.at/shiihs-1s/rain-dance/
(oceanwavescrushing by Luftrum (CC attribution)
kinder auf dem spielplatz by fieldmuzick (sampling+)
thunderstorm2 by erdie (CC attribution) )

Completely made in LMMS.]]>
(oceanwavescrushing by Luftrum (CC attribution)
kinder auf dem spielplatz by fieldmuzick (sampling+)
thunderstorm2 by erdie (CC attribution) )

Completely made in LMMS.]]> 1347462 no no Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:54:52 +0200 2012-07-13T00:54:52+02:00 4:12