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The Texture Within: Exploring repetition, difference and timbre through solo piano playing
Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Department of Jazz.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

The goal of this master project was to create reverberant sound worlds on the border between acoustic and electronic sounds. I approached this goal through the exploration of musical repetition, difference and timbre. These fields were approximated both through practical and theoretical work.

This thesis gives insight into my practical work of solo piano playing, with specific focus on the combination of acoustic piano with electronic effect pedals and extended techniques. Reading about and translating concepts and ideas from the fields of minimalism and ambient music has led me to approaching repetition, difference and timbre through thinking-feeling texture. This thesis focuses on the music and concepts that arise in the in-between of these four fields: repetition, difference, timbre and texture.

In addition, the text includes theoretical reflections on texture, repetition and listening modes from a conceptual and philosophical angle.

This master project has given me new entryways to create music and changed my way of listening. I developed a new style and technique for playing solo piano, which includes a set up for electronically processed and prepared piano. Moreover, I developed several concepts that explain my musical driving forces as well as connect my musical work with visual art and serve as useful tools to share my artistic practice. Especially important are the concepts of uneven repetition, antipiano and texture-gesture continuum.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 70
Keywords [en]
solo piano, improvisation, live electronics, deep listening, repetition, timbre, texture, minimalism, ambient music
National Category
Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-5014OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-5014DiVA, id: diva2:1770493
Presentation
2023-04-21, Lilla Salen, Valhallavägen 105, Stockholm, 20:00
Supervisors
Examiners
Note

Anna Wohlfarth – prepared piano

Marika Markström – electronic processing

"spatial magnets"

Solo:

Anna Wohlfarth – piano, effects

"3 improvisations"

Duo:

Anna Wohlfarth – piano, effects

Petter Norbäck – sampler, elektronik

"tonefloat; dark atmo // iceland memories; disintegration"

Available from: 2023-06-19 Created: 2023-06-19 Last updated: 2023-06-19Bibliographically approved

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