Orchestrating Timbre | All Examples

Orchestrating Timbre

by Maya Magdas

All Examples

 

Bl | Stone ball rolling sideways on strings


BlKy | Chord cluster played on keys with balls resonating on hitch pins


Ch2 | Striking chopstick in between two strings in fast motion producing a tremolo


Fk | Fork stuck in between strings vibrating high register


Fk3 |Fork stuck in between strings and same string plucked with fingers


Ha2 | String mid register stopped with one hand, harmonic plucked with other hand


Ha3 | Strumming strings mid register


Ha4: Plucking strings at hitch pins with hand


Mg2: Striking the metal frame with a column magnet


Mg4: Striking metal frame with round magnet


Mg5: Round magnet tapping and releasing string


Mg7: Cube magnet thrown on strings


MgKy: Column magnet placed on string and played with respective key


MgKy3: Round magnet placed on string and played with respective key mid register


MgKy5: Round magnet placed on string and played with respective key low-mid register in front of dampers


MgKy6: Round magnet placed on string and played with respective key high register no pedal



MgKy8: Small cube magnet placed on string and played with the respective key


MtBl: Striking bass strings with mallet with balls resonating on hitch pins


Ny: Bowing bass string with nylon tied to string.


Ny2: Nylon bowing several strings mid register


Sk: Multiple thick bamboo skewers stuck between strings bowed with hand


Sk2: Multiple thin bamboo skewers stuck between strings bowed with hand


Sk3: Single thick bamboo skewer stuck between strings bowed with hand


Sk4: Single thin bamboo skewer stuck between strings bowed with hand



SkBl: Skewer stuck between strings, bowed with one hand and rolling stone ball sideways over same string with other hand


SkBl2: Single thin bamboo skewer stuck between strings bowed with hand with balls resonating on hitch pins


SkMt: Single thick bamboo skewer stuck between strings struck with mallet


SkSBw: Single thin bamboo skewer stuck between strings bowed with hand and small metal bowl resonating on same string


Sl: Bowing across bass strings with plate made of slate


Sl2: Bowing across bass strings with plate made of slate no pedal


W: Whisk scraped along hitch pins


Bamboo skewers of different thicknesses and lengths


A plate that is made of slate


A metal whisk


Metal and Jade Qi Gong balls


Metal balls


Forks


Hand


Fishing line and nylon thread of different brands, colors, and thicknesses


Jade Qi Gong balls


Masking tape or other sticky tape


Magnets of different sizes, strengths, and shapes



A chopstick





A rubber mallet


E-bows


Magnetic bowl


Magnets


Rosin of different kinds (powdered and solid)


Small metal bowls


Plasticine


Piranha bow

 
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