[HN Gopher] 15 Note Poly Tempo Pendulum [video]
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       15 Note Poly Tempo Pendulum [video]
        
       Author : martyvis
       Score  : 66 points
       Date   : 2024-04-13 12:03 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.youtube.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.youtube.com)
        
       | nomilk wrote:
       | Reminds of pendulum waves:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ
        
       | natdempk wrote:
       | If you want to go even further:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_E
        
         | nomilk wrote:
         | Disregarding the bass and drums, the melody for 5-10 seconds or
         | so from 4m27s sounds similar to the generic 'computer sounds'
         | sometimes used in cartoons:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_Et=&t=4m27s
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         | Example cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR448RUThc
        
         | hoherd wrote:
         | I thought the OP link and then your link would be a link to
         | this, which is noted as the inspiration in your link
         | https://youtube.com/@project_jdm
        
           | natdempk wrote:
           | Ha, coming full circle :) that guy has lots of cool stuff.
        
         | taejavu wrote:
         | Highly recommend trying this with headphones and/or closing
         | your eyes. Never in my life have I grooved so hard with a
         | techno beat.
        
       | ColinWright wrote:
       | The audio equivalent of this:
       | 
       | https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/...
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       | Submitted here:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40023245
        
         | dang wrote:
         | One past thread:
         | 
         |  _Pendulum Waves (2010)_ -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18696262 - Dec 2018 (24
         | comments)
        
         | karmakaze wrote:
         | Weird that this also uses 15 balls. Or maybe this is an optimal
         | small number for demonstration.
        
       | PaulDavisThe1st wrote:
       | I truly hope that someone is able to show Steve Reich this video.
        
       | honkeymagoo wrote:
       | Here's a better demonstration of the technique:
       | https://youtu.be/SthcxWPXG_E
        
         | PaulDavisThe1st wrote:
         | that's a different demonstration, not a better one.
        
       | Nikkau wrote:
       | A more visual way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsAlFKXAMjM
        
       | sporkl wrote:
       | If anyone's curious to see complete pieces built out of this sort
       | of technique, check out Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player
       | Piano (he does some other pretty crazy polytempo stuff too, like
       | changing the speeds of different parts at different rates).
       | 
       | Personal favorites that use the same polytempo technique are No.
       | 36 [1] and No. 37 [2].
       | 
       | I've been studying his music lately and am working on a piece
       | with similar rhythmic experimentation, so happy to try to answer
       | questions!
       | 
       | [1]: https://youtu.be/IOlId8O6D5w [2]:
       | https://youtu.be/g0gNoELvpPo (I prefer the Werco recordings, but
       | this is a cool vizualization)
        
       | jstanley wrote:
       | Why do this manually?
        
         | flappyeagle wrote:
         | It's fun to do.
        
       | tzs wrote:
       | There are some places in that where it sounds to me like there is
       | someone singing a repeated three syllable word with one syllable
       | on each hit of the 3 notes on the left end of the top row and
       | sung at the tone of that note.
       | 
       | Anyone else hearing illusionary singing in there?
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       | The place I first got that illusion was around 3:24, and I was
       | listening with my eyes closed which I think might make it more
       | likely to hear issusions.
        
       | pierrec wrote:
       | Whenever this concept pops up I think of a classic CSound piece
       | made by Jacob Joaquin in 1999. It's the first execution of the
       | idea that I'm aware of. He gave the notes a slower envelope so
       | they sometimes seem to merge into a single tone. The source is
       | also (not so surprisingly) quite short.
       | 
       | https://freaknet.org/martin/audio/csound/#:~:text=Another%20...
        
       | trashtensor wrote:
       | i think the video might be out of sync, the lowest note seems to
       | drift from what the video is displaying. Threw me for a bit of a
       | loop when i was trying to find some of the higher notes striking
       | in the video.
        
       | demondemidi wrote:
       | Steve Reich would like a word with you.
        
       | avodonosov wrote:
       | The video description says 0.2 bpm difference between these
       | notes. What is the base (slowest) tempo? 60 bpm?
       | 
       | What chord does he play?
        
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