June 7, 2025Jun 7 Lately, I've been thinking and imagining how Ancient Greece was reinterpreted in Impressionism. And well, all of that inspired me to write something. The dawn is that moment before sunrise when there is already light. For a brief explanation of what resources I use: Aurora Edited June 7, 2025Jun 7 by Luis Hernández
June 9, 2025Jun 9 Hi Luis, I've become very interested in music from Antiquity, like the Seikilos Epitaph, and Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal. I like the effort you've gone to here with retuning your scale. Octave species used in ancient music seems to be a very rich subject I've yet to fully understand! I sometimes wish film composers would employ the techniques you've used here, so they can create a more authentic musical language to reflect the ancient world. Seikilos epitaph Seikilos stele with poetry and musical notation Type Stele Material Marble Writing Koine Greek Created c. 1st or 2nd century AD, Tralles, Asia Minor Discovered 1883 Discovered by W. M. Ramsay Present location National Museum of Denmark Edited June 9, 2025Jun 9 by Alex Weidmann
June 17, 2025Jun 17 Hello Luis, I'll start by saying that I really like this work of yours. The use of a tetrachord manages to strike through immediately and gives an adequate impression of the harmonic system used back in the days, albeit constrainted to our 12-ET. I see you know the topic well or at least have done careful research into it. I can't speak for most listeners but I would very much listen to a whole album - or at least some sort of collection - of such explorative works, especially if these were to expand and cover modes deriving from the other two genera of tetrachords (diatonic and enharmonic). Regards and thank you again for sharing.
June 18, 2025Jun 18 Hi @Luis Hernández! Sorry for my late reply. Very interesting to use the constructed Greek scale to compose. It sounds somewhat microtonal for me in some places. And it does sound impressionistic! Thx for sharing! Henry
July 23, 2025Jul 23 This is a really good piece, and I have really been enjoying your music! Very exotic, and you are well-trained and have done your homework.😃
July 26, 2025Jul 26 Very interesting stuff, Luis, I'm sorry I'm late to the party to comment! This sort of exploration is exactly the sort of thing that composition software is good for. Means you don't have to retune a whole piano to find out what it would sound like. An excellent use of modern resources to imagine ancient sounds! The introduction is beautiful and a little unnerving, and the section that begins around measure 25 is just a strange but confident loveliness. What an interesting sound world you have brought us to!
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