Wyschnegradsky - Quarter-Tone Dialogue for two pianos (Part 1/2)

[fisherroastedpeanut]

scriabinesque

[gymgymgymgym]

This sounds very alien

[ChibiRaikou]

oh god that descending hyperchromatic thing at 1:10 is so fucking nightmarish holy shit

[dactyl1000]

Can someone tell me who the artist is of this picture (and the other ones)...

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Tanx!

[OceansBoulevard]

quarter-tone pieces like this are very interesting

[CocoaRadix]

This is really hard to listen to. There's absolutely nothing to grab onto.  The otherworldly sound of the piano tuned a quarter-tone off is great, but, compositionally, this starts in the middle of nowhere, and never really journeys anywhere. Nor does it arrive anywhere.

[4444matthew4444]

There is a clear form in this first half....the color from the quarter tones just throws the perception of it off.....Listen to the second half and then listen to all of it again...you would be surprised

[mothershipjellyfish]

I would have to disagree. There is plenty to grab onto: a very consistent aesthetic, dialogue between different registers, etc. I think this is an extraordinary piece.

[blueahmed1984]

@CocoaRadix your totally right and there is a reason for that . His usage of quarter tone should be based on a musical scale for it to be followed , now in the western music there is no musical scale that include a quarter tone yet in the middle east the quarter tone is essential and there are a lot of musical scales that include the quarter tone take for example the rast makam or rast scale you will hear the quarter tone u will hear where is it suppose to be