ABSTRACT

timbres and scale

The presentation aims to achieve a scientific understanding of the 'componere' process in music. This involves a brief introduction to sensory and neural sound perception and how consonance and dissonance are constituted.

Using audio recordings of individual sounds, their analysis, and software calculations, the topic is initially approached mechanistically. From this newly gained perspective, relationships arise between the sound of an instrument, its scale, and the created music.

Furthermore, a composition technique emerges in which an old wooden box can sound just as interesting as an orchestral instrument, and I will discuss the influence Marcel Duchamp had on me when it comes to cookies and heating pipes. Illustrated through multiple sound examples.