Electronic String Quartet #1

Electronic String Quartet #1 by Ted Smoker incorporates the expressiveness of live string performance with the sonic capabilities of music technology through the use of electronic effects processing. This piece incorporates pitch-set theory, polytonality, Lydian and Phrygian church modes, microtonal pitch sweeps, and percussive effects. The electronic effects used in the composition were reverb, delay with tempo control, tube-amplifier distortion, and flanger or filter sweep generator. It is intended to be played by five performers -- string instrumentalists and sound engineer. A notation for the electronic effects was invented to provide a clear, simple, and precise system for manipulating the effects in real-time.

Name thesis:degree_name

MM

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Composition

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Smoker, Theodore

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lynn Purse
• Carole Riley
• Judith Bowman
• William Purse

• composition
• delay
• distortion
• effects
• Electronic
• music technology
• String Quartet

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1220

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2236