Landscape With Rain (Kandinsky) - minimalist piece for 3 ukuleles

I composed and recorded this piece today.

Although the music is very short, I have used some of the common minimalist techniques of Steve Reich. In the first part there are 2 ukuleles playing which play notes of the C major scale and gradually creep out of phase with each other. When they get back into phase a third ukulele enter with a melody which also employs syncopated notes from the C major scale. There is no particular time signature. the piece ends with an explosive octave harmonic chord using the notes G, C, E and A.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• reich
• steve
• ken
• middleton
• uke
• ukulele
• ukelele
• minimal
• minimalist
• kandinsky
• landscape
• rain

[okvolleyball]

nice job Ken

[KenMiddletonMusic]

Thanks Stephen.

[UKISOCIETY]

Hey, if it was REALLY like Reilly, it'd not only be in C, it would last 60 minutes! :D

I liked it a lot. It really got into a groove.

[KenMiddletonMusic]

I have plans for a 9 minute version. I will record it live when I have figured out how to use multi-screens.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Yes, this is probably one of the best pieces I have done. Glad you like it.

[ruth7784]

WOW! I was totally lost in this! Absolutely stunning, really love it :-) X

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[thePuzzledDragon]

A great combo with the Kandinsky!!! Love it!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks so much. I have plans for a longer version of the same piece.

[WoodyOMB]

This is uke playing at it's best. A virtuouso perforrmance - hypnotic, powerful, compelling and astounding. Love it. Give me another 45 minutes of it. This is a real fix without the need for mind altering drugs.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you, Mary-Anne. I really appreciate it.

[mctrmt]

Wonderful. The background ukulele sound is hypnotic.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks. I'm working on it.

[mjs004]

I like this piece a lot. I think a longer version would work really well.