Orchestrating Timbre | All Examples
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