12-Tone Synth Loop

Voices enter layer by layer.

Serialism is a method or technique of composition that uses a series of values to manipulate different musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though his contemporaries were also working to establish serialism as one example of post-tonal thinking. Twelve-tone technique orders the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, forming a row or series and providing a unifying basis for a composition's melody, harmony, structural progressions, and variations.

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[BlikeNave]

This sounds terrifying. 

[raphaelyaakov]

@BlikeNave For sure... although for 12-tone this is pretty mild. It’s not even very dissonant, and has a lot of simple chords...

[regcom]

Most 12 tone works don't stress repetition as much as you do in this piece. Try listening to some 12 tone music (start with Webern or Schoenberg) and following the series to hear how composers often use it.

[raphaelyaakov]

@regcom Thanks for the feedback. You are right about it being repetitive because it was a simple result of working out a tone row and layering it in different rhythms. I will post updates as I become more familiar with the technique!

[lilfili123]

lol slap bass im gonna try and learn this

[raphaelyaakov]

@lilfili123 Yeah of all the synthetic computer sounds, the slap bass has always been one of my favorites because it sounds fairly natural and it gives such a strong attack so you hear the note very clearly. I bet it would be fun to play for real... let me know how it comes out!

[DiabolicBadger]

My comment wouldn't be about the repetition, I think there's no reason why serialism and repetition can't match. The problem, I feel, is that it's rythmically too simple for the harmony. Serialism produces a very specific feeling, which is canceled out by the simple rythm. The next step might be to loosen up the rythm, like many 20th century composers did. OR, if you're more interested in rythm, you might want to look for interesting but more direct harmonic ideas. Keep up!

[BlikeNave]

@raphaelyaakov It's not the chords but the progression and their relationships with one another that makes it so crazy (different/unexpected/odd/"dis­sonant") sounding. Can you suggest me some un-mild 12 tone songs?

[vaguelyhumanoid]

I actually liked the use of repetition.

[SamMillsful]

serialist minimalsm?

[raphaelyaakov]

@SrNutritivo was that the funny comment? If so, I wanted to say that I actually thought it was funny! I know exactly what you mean!

[SrNutritivo]

sounds like my cat stepping my piano... oh, whait!... I wondering if Schoemberg's spirit has possessed my cat!

[Nikolausius]

@regcom

I think a lot of the repetition is a matter of orchestration and not so much of concept. If you, for example, change orchestral groups from time to time ( in this case instruments), then it might become quite a nice piece of music. If you would , for example, let the rhythmical concept of the piano slip into another group from time to time (like eg. in a fugue), it might solve the problem.