MUS 6 Lecture 3: Early Chronology - Brief Tour of Techniques 1949-1979
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Lecture 3: early chronology brief tour of techniques. Intro: metalic sounds, panning back and forth, gets more intesens e. Drop- b: different rhythm, voices - (timbral cue that we"re in a new section) Listening: (cid:862)etude patheti(cid:395)ue,(cid:863) (etude aux casseroles) pierre schaeffer, 1949, paris france, medium: record/turntables, begi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of (cid:862)musi(cid:395)ue co(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)ete(cid:863, twisted human voices, coughing, casserole dish rolling around on the table. 2: etude is a short exercise that helps you learn a particular technique in music, (cid:272)haeffe(cid:396)"s (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374)s. In search of a concrete music (1952: turntable techniques. Used 8 turntables around him and sift through these broken records that the radio station had and find sounds that were mistakes (i. e. cough) He would then spin around and lift the needles up and down improvising until he got the right combination of sounds, then record it to tape. An etude for him to get used to improvising with 8 turntables: role of repetition.
