Tag 'video'

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Last Quintet for Burning Paper Instruments [permalink]

What follows is a montage of video clips from a long improvisation, playing instruments made of paper while they are on fire, from lighting the first didgeridoo to dousing the last. Many thanks to Hendrik Goris, Anton Maes, Frank Maes, and Geert Vrolix for playing with fire with me. (Disclaimer: burning stuff is dangerous.)

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Click to play (3 min 36 sec)

Also available on YouTube.

— posted Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:08PM EST

tags: paperinstruments, video

HP Septet Video: Filth, Mudbloods, Scum! [permalink]

Here is another video excerpt of the Harry Potter Septet, from book 7. This is a fun section featuring the words shouted by the portrait of Mrs. Black, along with the new ministry motto "Magic is Might."

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Click to play (1 min 42 sec)

Also on YouTube.

— posted Monday, October 12, 2009 at 02:09PM EDT

tags: hp, video

Pachelbel's Music Box Canon [permalink]

My second arrangement for music box is Pachelbel's Canon in D. Three music boxes play the same strip of paper in sequence, creating a canon. The basso continuo is created by another music box playing a loop of paper. This arrangement really lets you see the structure of Pachelbel's original canon!

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Click to play (2 min 53 sec)

Also available on YouTube.

— posted Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:08PM EDT

tags: video, music box

Möbius Music Box [permalink]

I recieved a music box melody making kit from Tim Nissen, who I worked with on the Organ Function Grinder. My first arrangement for music box is a theme from the Harry Potter Septet. Being a mathematician, I twisted the paper into a Möbius strip and made this educational video to demonstrate:

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Click to play (1 min 51 sec)

Also available on YouTube.

For comparison, you can listen to the theme in piano from the Harry Potter Septet. This section is inspired by Dumbledore's speech at the end of Book 4, and spans from the theme entrance to the end of the movement.

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— posted Sunday, August 09, 2009 at 02:06AM EDT

tags: music box, hp, mathematics, video

HP Septet Video: His Eyes... [permalink]

I've put up a new video on the Harry Potter Septet webpage, from the performance on Dec. 5th, 2008. It is a short excerpt from the second movement, the ever popular "His Eyes are as Green as a Fresh Pickled Toad." Check it out:

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Click to play (1 min 43 sec)

Also available on YouTube.

— posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 at 10:08PM EDT

tags: hp, video

Autorequiem for Tube Harp [permalink]

A month ago, we played instruments made of paper while they were on fire. What follows is a video of one piece from that night, Autorequiem for Tube Harp—a self-inflicted song of death. Luckily, this flaming instrument's last song has been recorded for your viewing and listening pleasure:

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