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Monokhordon

by Maurizio Rinaldi

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Monokhordon
Acousmatic
[2019]

“There is geometry in the humming of the strings.”
(Pythagoras)

“There is coming-to-be of not one single thing of mortal things, nor is there any end of deadly death, but only mixture and separation of what is mixed, and nature (physis) is the name given to them by humans.”
(Empedocles, in Plutarch Adv. Coll. 1111f)

“In string theory, each particle is identified as a particular vibrational mode of an elementary microscopic string. A musical analogy is very apt. Just as a violin string can vibrate in different modes and each mode corresponds to a different sound, the modes of vibrations of a fundamental string can be recognized as the different particles we know.”
(Barton Zwiebach, A First Course in String Theory)

Pythagoras with monochord discovered the relation between the length of strings and their perceived pitch when plucked and attempted to explain the cosmos with this mathematical-musical model in his Harmony of the Spheres. Today in string theory a one-dimensional string with particular mode of vibration corresponds to an elementary particle like a sound. The strings can interact by splitting and joining. It seems that everything in the universe is made out of oscillating strings. A sort of twenty-first century Harmony of the Spheres comes to mind.

Musical metaphors seem to me to offer the opportunity to provide the imagination to those processes in multidimensional space-time with the creation of various and complex interacting sonic spectra that originate only from concrète sounds of the open E sixth string of the electric guitar. The harmonic field of the composition comes from the overtone series of this string and its subharmonic and inharmonic modulations. All partials, their sonic aggregates and gestures are obtained form digital processing of the original E pitch sounds with custom softwares.

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released January 1, 2019
Mixing :: Maurizio Rinaldi
Artwork :: Maurizio Rinaldi

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Maurizio Rinaldi Brescia, Italy

Guitarist, composer and performer of electronic music. Graduated in theoretical physics and music. In his professional artistic and didactic activities, he mainly deals with research and experimentation in the field of contemporary musical languages. Active as a guitarist and live electronics musician in groups and solo projects. ... more

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