Sunday, April 26, 2009

Using the same expedient again...

I simply chose another of my earlier rhythmic canons and selected my pitches with care.

Another matinee of Showboat...
It's good to have these working methods when free time is so scarce.

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Saturday April, 25 2009

Very busy days...

Today I have two shows (2 & 8 pm) of Showboat (I'm playing banjo and guitar in the pit orchestra) -- so time is tight.

What I did for today's canon:

Continuing with the Liadov cantus firmus, I selected a rhythmic canon that I wrote back in March and used that for the basis of this one. I simply chose pitches that would work. It's pretty easy to proceed this way -- I'll likely do something similar tomorrow.

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Canon Below the Liadov Cantus Firmus

This one imitates at the sixth above -- with both canonic voices below the cantus.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Canon "Above & Below" the Liadov Cantus

Just as the title says -- this one imitates at a ninth below -- one voice above the C.F. and one below.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A very busy week -- nearing the end of the semester, teaching during the day and playing in a pit orchestra every evening -- I'll take an easy route and write more canons based on the Liadov cantus firmus.

This one is a canon in two voices above the C.F. The interval of imitation is the fourth above.

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when short in time, expand on earlier work...

An elaboration on yesterday's canon using simple passing tones and suspensions.

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Modal Shift

By changing the Liadov cantus firmus from major to phrygian, I was able to make a first-species type canon at the 7th below.

Simple -- but begging for elaboration...

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