Arp

An animation of a robotic performance of a short musical work. The chords are based on a guitar tuning devised by Robert Fripp. Collectively, all animated robotic performers are my band "Toying With Mortality." Check out "Mythical Johnny" if you like this.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• arp
• animation
• music
• robots
• novelty
• virtual
• bands
• comedy

[finneykris]

WHAT ARE THE NOTES OF THIS SONG?

[eyesoare]

Although it sucks that youtube has made the audio mono and worse, gotten the audio out of sync, it is still possible to observe the performance and transcribe the notes, if you're familiar with the keyboard layout.

I composed it on a guitar tuned to the Fripp intervals which, as rufinous kindly corrected me below, are based on fifths.

This mechanical performance, like all of Toying With Mortalitys work is accurate and was, in fact, devised as a teaching tool for humans. Monkey see monkey do.

[eyesoare]

Robert Fripp devised a guitar tuning scheme based on intervals of a 4th. Strumming it reminded me of some of the music in the original Outer Limits TV series which borrowed heavily from 20th century classical music. I wrote a short theme, transcribed it in MIDI and animated this performance of it.

Enjoy.

[rufinous]

nope standard tuning is straight 4ths, with a major third between the G and B strings, robert fripp's tuning is straight fifths, starting on a C. it's C,G,D,A,E, and the last is a minor third interval, G

[eyesoare]

Right you are!

I had a senior moment. I appreciate the correction.

[gcase5150]

wow i luv this. its like rain on an xylophone

[DJelectfire]

I once made something somewaht similar out of KNEX - it operated more like a music box though- the pegs on the drum hit the keys of my keyboard... some time I will recreate it and video it in action.... ( I did once have it in a small rube goldberg machine I built)

[DestroyAndVoid18]

Reminds me of Animusic

[swimmingviolin29]

They are basically straight 5ths in a row. Just moving up and down. i recognize this alot from tuning my violin!

[barcanard]

i love it