Enjoyed this one! Would love to see taking the idea further, maybe around the concept of "I have this composed phrase, how many ways can I manipulate it to keep it interesting?" Compositional techniques in modular is definitely an underexplored area.

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

That's a great suggestion! There might be a lot of examples of theme and variations from classical music as well. Thanks!

Cool! Excellent demo of the Frap equipment, as usual. But also, thanks for turning me on to this book. I've not come across it before.

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! There are a few videos on it on KZread, especially this one by David Bruce: kzread.info/dash/bejne/foZ31qV7Y9ydnaw.htmlfeature=shared It's certainly an interesting thought exercise!

Love it!

Thanks for sharing this innovative modular, love the those filters and the book is pure gold and a great resource for the devoted amateur or advanced professional. Thanks 🎉

precious as gold!!

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Yo bro right into the rabbit hole. Combining Slominsky with Modular is really cool! I guess you can make 1000 albums by the time you reach the end of the book. Great work!

@FrapTools

5 ай бұрын

Haha thanks, but at that point there would be so much music and so little time to listen to it...

Super nice

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

this is great. i love finding ways to apply old ideas in a new context. seems like you always discover that those old ideas were pretty modern all along :)

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

True! That's a bit of a Western obsession, the idea of always coming up with "new" stuff - once you realise that you can still make good music with old ideas, it's all downhill :)

@adamsmith7058

8 ай бұрын

Most modular music I hear, that isn't totally atonal, (quite often not by design lol),or based on alternate tunings, is either modal or based in relatively simple diatonic chord progressions. These systems of composing are all pretty old. Slonimisky has a greater claim to modernism than those.

Yes more like this please

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Sure thing!

The OG unison midi chord pack

Awesome patch & video!

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, more is coming!

@medusajapan

8 ай бұрын

@@FrapTools I bought the book, thanks :)

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Awesome, that was quick - best of luck with it!

Really educational I need more tutorials for my usta as I'm struggling with the workflow.

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

That's an interesting point. Have you checked the six episodes we put together so far? kzread.info/head/PLPVhsLeaCG8qqHK9Uxhm9fHHsToPNtFt3&feature=shared If so, let us know what kind of struggles you have and we'll address them in the next episodes.

More Slonimsky!!

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Coming for sure, then!

Cool, I've been using Yusef Lateef's pattern books in a similar way. I've always found Slonimisky a bit obtuse. Where as Lateef is more clear, for me at least, ymmv. Although I've recently got hold of this book, by a Jazz guitarist, whose name temporarily escapes me, which explains Slonimisky by giving practical application and examples. Maybe I'll get it then:)

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I didn't know Lateef's book and it seems like a more practical book, with patterns and scales that can actually be useful in an improvisational context. Slonimsky's work on the other hand seems more theoretical, a study into ways of creating new patterns rather than a collection of useful phrases. I think that both books can complement one another, but I'm definitely curious to check Lateef's one more in depth!

@ZackMester

2 ай бұрын

What book is that?

I assume that someone somewhere has created midi files of the Slonimsky material. Any idea where I might find something like that? Thanks!

I never has the reflex that the Thesaurus could be an inspiration for modular; i must look for my dusty old school book :)

@FrapTools

8 ай бұрын

Me too! But as I was practicing on the piano I glanced at the modular and said "well... why not?"