Music for the Home

Music for the Home is intended to enhance the environment in the home. The music is always different and can continue indefinitely. Above are three 30-minute samples. Click the playlist icon in the video above to make a selection.

Technical Note

A pair of guitar harmonics play, separated by over nine seconds. The transposition of the pair and their respective pitches are randomly drawn from a collection of potential choices. After five seconds (and possibly again after ten seconds) the same pair commences again, although potentially at a different transposition. The process repeats after 28 seconds, but using the next collection of possible choices. There is a series of five such collections to draw from. After 140 seconds, the whole cycle repeats, but with different selections.

In addition to the sounds described immediately above, time-stretched renditions of a guitar harmonic play in the background. Also, reversed guitar harmonics, playing at various pitches, are scattered randomly throughout each 140-second cycle. A variety of effects are used on the sounds.

Diagram for the piece Music for the Home

Video photo by Spacejoy on Unsplash

  • Project type: Generative music
  • Year: 2022
  • Duration: Ongoing (30:00 renders are featured here)