Kydd upright bass

Last year I resolved not buy new instruments and failed.

This year I've also failed.

However, I've also got a very nice bass for a fraction of the retail price.

Me

Naviarhaiku216 – Looking up



The haiku shared by Naviar this week reminded me of another song, so I adapted the lyrics to reflect my Burning Seed romance.

Disquiet Junto 0321 Let’s Active



The Junto this week is more prescriptive than usual, with directions including instrumentation and tempo.

I quickly came up with a chord progression on the ukulele and then improvised an accompaniment on the glockenspiel.

The key is C so I could just think about hitting the white glocks.

Disquiet Junto 0318 Linear Training



The Disquiet Junto this week asks for a composition drawn from a single tone.

At first I was challenged trying to think of a tone, then it took a few attempts to find one I liked.

After a day I settled on a video of my son playing a concrete marimba-like instrument outside the Questacon.

In Live I looped the F note, which was a bit shorter than the five seconds recommended.

I explored pitching it and shifting the loops to play at various intervals, as well as gating the recording.

Before long I'd developed a simple melody that grew as loops joined it.

Below you can hear where the tone came from.

Four years later