"AMBER LEAVES" FOR SOLO SITAR AND ELECTRONICS

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dc.contributor.advisorDelio, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.authorRegulski, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-08T05:30:12Z
dc.date.available2020-07-08T05:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractAmber Leaves is a composition for solo sitar and live electronics. The work constitutes a fusion between Western musical composition and Indian classical music, which I have been studying simultaneously for the past seven years. The sitar's music draws heavily upon its traditional performance technique, while also introducing a number of extended techniques developed specifically for this piece. Compositionally, I rely minimally on the tonal elements of Indian music, choosing instead an approach to tonality consistent with my recent work. The instrument is amplified by four loudspeakers, which are positioned in a square around the audience. At the same time, a microphone is picking up the sound and sending it to a computer, where it is modulated in various ways. Once processed, the computer sends the sound out to the same loudspeakers. The speakers themselves play an important role in the composition, as the sound is constantly moving from one to another. A large portion of the electronic processing occurs in a patch that I programmed in Max/MSP. The patch creates a variety of musical responses based on a real-time spectral analysis of the sitar performance. This initial process establishes a fundamental relationship between the synthesized sound and the sitar's music. Furthermore, I make use of the programming language Lisp to perform a number of algorithms that aid in the generation of these sounds.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ratj-rbyi
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26030
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCompositionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledElectronicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInteractiveen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMaxen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledModernen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSitaren_US
dc.title"AMBER LEAVES" FOR SOLO SITAR AND ELECTRONICSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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