Window is a looped piece that slowly builds, layer upon layer, with the various pitches and timbres of the violin added as it progresses. The piece has a somewhat Asian feel at times, but the effect of the increasing strings is to fill up the space almost like an orchestra.
Here is what Jim Goodin writes about this piece:
“Window was created with my rather primitive violin technique and a Digitech Hardwire Delay/Looper pedal. I’m using some arcing technique as well as repeated figures indicative of my interest and influence in minimalism in music. … My violin is a custom made electric solid body 4 string. Window is completely improvisation, no music was pre-thought or noted.”
Further information can be found here.
First posted on the ImprovFriday October 15, 2010 event.
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[...] I don’t keep enough posts going on with my personal blog here as I’m in heavy production often on the WhatsNewAtImProvFriday blog so please follow my thoughts on that one. However this all said I do want to pass on that a piece of mine, Window, was chosen for Alt-Classical.com. It’s a looped violin piece that I did for a previous ImprovFriday thread. Here is the link to my piece which special thanks to ImprovFriday colleague Paul Muller who nominated my work. Window. [...]
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