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The “Nirvana Chord.” Er, WTF?

Alan Cross 1 Comment

This is from a guy named Daniel Starr-Trambor.  I’ll just quote what he posted:

“The Nirvana Chord”: a 46.9 second palindrome.

The Harmonic Rhythm Series is composed to honor and reinvent the defining chords of Twentieth Century Music.

The first 25 harmonic partials of each chord tone are calculated to repeat at fixed tempos 10 octaves below the rhythmic pulsing of their individual frequencies in HZ, with the fundamentals voiced according to the chord’s original instrumentation.

The result is a palindromic fugue, unique to each chord, revealing the structure and design of sound and harmony.

Unless otherwise noted, each piece is composed and recorded in Just Intonation.

Er, okay.  PS:  I am nowhere near smart enough to understand what that means.

Alan Cross

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One thought on “The “Nirvana Chord.” Er, WTF?”

  • I like the beat. You can dance to it.

    P. S. Does anyone else feel, just a teensy tiny bit, that the detailed notes that are flashed through are ever so slightly evocative of the scribblings of Kevin Spacey's character in Seven? Just sayin'…

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