Dear Esteemed Reader, I’ve had the privilege to observe different methods in microtonal, tuning and sound synthesis discourse this past month. Much of it has been in regards to the Plomp-Levelt dissonance curve and its implications about how we perceive harmony. This plot represents the amount of dissonance between two frequencies. The first being theContinue reading “Pete Fasano: Dialogue of Dissonance”
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Peter Fasano: Hurdles to Xenharmonic Computation
Greetings Esteemed Reader, This past month, completing a big band arrangement of ‘Smart Race’ and finishing the theme of ‘Celebration’, the last movement of my big band suite, revealed some persistent problems I’ll be facing in my tuning methodology. The Lumatone is anticipated to give me insight on said methods, however, it is stuck inContinue reading “Peter Fasano: Hurdles to Xenharmonic Computation”
Meet Angel
Hello Everybody! My name is Angel Wildgoose, and I am a third-year media communications student. I grew up in a small town called Locust Grove, Georgia, but spent my summer breaks in California, where my mom is from. Locust Grove is a lot like Thomasville as far as aesthetic goes; slow, country, and historic. CaliforniaContinue reading “Meet Angel”
Peter Fasano: Composing with Microtones
Greetings! This summer, I’m going to explore microtonality and extended Just Intonation in multiple ways to expand understanding and accessibility of it to give musicians another level of intention and control in their composing, performance, and producing. To explain how everything works, I need to discuss how sound works. Sounds are typically a chaotic lookingContinue reading “Peter Fasano: Composing with Microtones”
Much Ado About This Poisoned, Vengeful Shrew: Shifting to Live Theatre
Greetings readers, I am coming to you one final time from across the pond! As June and my time studying in England conclude, this update too concludes a month full of theatre and introspection about my project on reclaiming feminine rage. Perhaps its biggest development has been consolidating the material it covers to focus solelyContinue reading “Much Ado About This Poisoned, Vengeful Shrew: Shifting to Live Theatre”
First week in Morocco!
It is now the Friday of my first week at Connect Institute. It is located in Agadir, a tourist city most known for the beach. I got here Monday after a 24 hour travel day in total. It’s been a very welcoming time in Morocco, the organization I am with is essentially a platform toContinue reading “First week in Morocco!”
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