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FarFromHome
Valinor
Mar 22 2007, 9:41am
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I'm finally back online, and have just read your very enlightening explanation about 'aleatoric' music. So that's what it was! I was in my school's orchestra many, many decades ago, so I was vaguely aware that there are sometimes directions to play notes at the player's own discretion, and that this gives a very different effect from playing as a group. It's interesting to watch too - I've been at concerts where the violin bows are all going wildly up and down randomly, instead of smoothly moving as a group!
I really like weaver's point about time seeming to stand still, and I imagine one element that causes this is that with aleatoric music there is no clear pattern, no line of melody that seems to move the music forward. It really does echo that sense of being frozen, with the senses in turmoil.
The other way movies show this 'time standing still' effect is with slo-mo, and in the movies I think this is often accompanied by no music at all. I'm thinking particularly of the moment when Aragorn turns and runs up the steps after Gandalf falls at the Bridge of Khazad-Dum. I haven't had a chance to check though - perhaps there is music (humming maybe?). I'm going to be looking out for examples of this too, the next time I watch the movies!
I'd be interested to know how much this technique of aleatoric music is used in "mainstream" (18th-19th century) classical music. It seems very appropriate for a film score, which has to convey very specific emotions and sensations, but I'm pretty sure it's used in symphonic music too. One obvious example might be to simulate hunting-horns, as Shore does with the music designed for the Black Riders at the Ford. (The Wikipedia entry seems to be about something much more technical and modern, where the actual music is determined by chance.)
Thanks again, Magpie, for a very interesting quiz. I love the way these movies (like the book) keep leading me to new discoveries, thanks to people like you!
...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew,
and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth;
and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore
glimmered and was lost.
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Movie Music Trivia Game #3
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Magpie
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Mar 10 2007, 9:56pm
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Scary!
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FarFromHome
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Mar 12 2007, 5:37pm
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You are fun to play with...
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Magpie
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Mar 12 2007, 6:00pm
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Tricksier and tricksier...
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weaver
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Mar 12 2007, 11:00pm
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Hmmm...
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Trixie Hobbit
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Mar 17 2007, 1:13pm
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Here there be Answers!
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Magpie
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Mar 17 2007, 4:56pm
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Recap of answers
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Magpie
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Mar 17 2007, 5:37pm
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Aleotoric! I learned something new!
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weaver
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Mar 19 2007, 5:32pm
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OOH... very cool analogy
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Magpie
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Mar 19 2007, 5:51pm
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processing time...
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weaver
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Mar 19 2007, 6:16pm
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Thank you, Magpie!
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FarFromHome
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Mar 22 2007, 9:41am
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some references to aleatoric music
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Magpie
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Mar 22 2007, 11:36am
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Difficult one this week
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linkin-artelf
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Mar 18 2007, 2:26am
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Aha! aleatoric!
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linkin-artelf
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Mar 18 2007, 2:36am
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Thanks for participating LA. Your prize is in the mail. ;^) n/t
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Magpie
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Mar 18 2007, 3:06am
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