panoramic bradford score

improvisation piece in response to the panoramic view from the Culture Fusion building Bradford City centre

Bradford panorama score

currently working in Bradford city centre, composing sound collages inspired by Hockney's landscapes

Tweeting high                       Rustling in trees                         

Branches snapping

Leaves shuffling

Blowing wind

Singing birds

Twig crack Buzzing flies

Screaming people

Talking Chirping Walking Stamping

Flying Floating

Buzzing bees

Worm slurping

Birds tweeting

Stones

Tree slaps

Shaking Waving

Spider falling Distant

Water waving

Closely

Clapping

Scratching ShuffleScrape

Trod

Screaming Whispers

Drumming

Woodpecker Scribbles

Crackling Tingling

 Deep

Peeling springs

Rings Vibrates Crunching Rain 

Fire

Plopping

Splish sploshing

Chugging 

jump

Day 4 session plan

Log-in
Folders
Do's and dont's

Listen to individual sounds
Plus a couple of pieces

Questions: describe the sound. Dave scribes.
Listen for Rhythm patterns.

Watch the film 2mins no sound

Questions: which sound clip goes with which image? Discuss.

Watch film again with sound.

Questions: Were the sounds appropriate? Where did they match, where didn't they match? What did you notice that was different about the sounds?

Activity: In pairs listen to all 'raw'  untreated sounds in VLE folder and choose 3.

Explain composition.
Audacity tutorial.
Open and name and save
Import
Move
Demonstrate: highlight, loop, trim, and repeat process to create looped ostinato rhythm pattern.

Back to art room, visualise the sounds using paper to cut and blutack to background (linear with Rhythms and layers-textures and tempos)

Choose instruments that are representative of the sounds and play the piece. RECORD

If Time try combinations of two or more pieces at once. ABACAD structure. Etc.

the thinking ear