A document of where my violin skills were at by summer of 2023 after about five years of on and off playing.
If you can stand the shaky intonation.
The music is built from three note cells of quartal harmony and their inversions or a scale synthesized from two chords a double chromatic mediant apart. 1b is built around a 33 beat rhythmic pattern not uncommon in Bulgarian music.
The pieces were created by improvising the piano parts, overdubbing many improvised takes of violin which were then comped into one performance and finally overdubbing percussion which consisted of shakers, pandeiro, wooden spoons and stainless steel mixing bowls.
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