BACH

Finally we are up to Bach in my very truncated history of music.
I have chosen a simple piece, THE MINUET IN D minor as it is easy to see the color relationships and it is a simple but satisfying 8 measures.
Go HERE to listen to the whole piece.

Top part

Bottom part

Together

It would not be fair to present Bach without a fugue and in fact the ideas that hold a fugue together inspired a great deal of my work in fiber so next post I will present a fugue.  I have not created one yet so it may take a while.  Meanwhile I will search for a simple but beautiful one to work on.

ROMANCE WITHOUT WORDS

In honor of Valentine's Day, if a little late, this is my latest music video, an animation of Romance Without Words by Gabriel Faure.  Even though in the process of animating this piece I have listened to it hundreds of times I still love it.  The transference from Flash to .mov was not perfect but I am moving on for the time being.

Be sure to click on the small square at the bottom of the image to see it full screen for maximum pleasure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhwIMCWSYQ

Chopin Prelude

While I'm waiting for a painting to dry I thought I would post my latest translation of music to color.  I chose this Chopin Prelude because it is short, fairly slow (so I can hear all the notes) and dissonant.  I want to see if the dissonance I hear actually looks dissonant when translated to color.  This is a very sombre peice with several key changes.  Very often there are two notes adjacent to each other.  The colors make me uncomfortable.  What do you think? Check it out one minute and 56 sconds.

http://www.youtube.com/user/illuminata?feature=guide