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What Is "The Ancient Chinese Enclosing Game"? "Haven't you ever played the Ancient Chinese Enclosing Game?" A pencil, a pen, the ashtray, Geoffrey's eraser, a joint, a knife, a paperback, the filthy glass from the bureau, a book of matches--Rapp arranges them on the floor-- "But how do you play--?" "Shut up, I've got to concentrate." --the pen against the ashtray, the eraser carefully balanced on the lip of the glass--adjust the pencil--put the book of matches just a touch to the left-- "Ready?" Rapp smiles. "But how do you play?" "Your move."
The Ancient Chinese Enclosing Game Compositional Matrix is an abstraction of the rhythmical (structural) aspect of the rhythmicon. It is a means of emphasizing patterns, cycles and rhythm in music over the narrative, tension-release-resolution approach that dominates Western music. This has been the thrust of my work in recent years: to manifest the constants of life over the immediate dramas that tend to grab our attention. Or, as Charles Ives puts it in his Essays before a Sonata, to focus on the heartbeat, seabeat, and earthbeat level of experience. |
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Fair Use The Ancient Chinese Enclosing Game Compositional Matrix is © 2002 by David R. Mooney. However, I invite interested composers to use it freely, but please cite the source. The contents of this web page may be freely distributed as long as it includes this notice. |
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