Bang (repeat)

Using a music composition software programme, Print Music, a personal code was devised to correlate musical notes with letters of the alphabet (formulated using the pattern/structure of piano keys).

Repetition spells the word in notes. Other musical elements are integrated to accentuate repetition. The italic, repetizione, the treble and bass clef, the repetition of ffff (fortissimo) and the musical repeat sign show this. The computer plays the piece infinitely without change. Human emotion and gesture are removed.

Print Music, was used to challenge the conventions and boundaries of analytic notation. Manipulating and challenging a conventional structure explored onomatopoeia. The dramatic, complex and unconventional note for Bang, contrasts with the computer’s comic sonic interpretation of the note. Both works challenge the software’s capability, potentiality and its unintended use.