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    Almost every MIDI sequencer program for computer generated music has a way you can "randomize", or vary the start and stop times of your notes so that they don't appear precisely on the beat. This is supposed to make your music sound "more natural", and prevent it from sounding "overly precise and mechanical". In this collection of pieces, I have deliberately not used any of this; instead I let the computer play with the preciseness and uniformity that only a computer can produce, giving it the same artistic appeal that a well-done mechanical drawing can have. Instruments can play fast, without having to stop for breath, at any extreme of their range, perfectly every time.

    In this Mechanical Music I let the machine sound unashamedly like a machine.

     

    The first 7 pieces on this page, along with those listed below,
    are on a CD that is available at
    CDBaby.com.

    Jig Fugue (in 6/8)
    Fugue in 7 (in 7/4)
    Fugal Rag (in syncopated ragtime)
    Fungers (in 15/8)
    Fletscherwilligen (in 5/4)
    Polygalumphry (in 9/8)
    Thing (in plain old 4/4)
    and
    The Libidinous Jig
    The Frivolous Jig
    The Vivacious Jig (all in 6/8. as their names imply)


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    "Slip Jig Fugue"genre: Electronic Classical
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    Obviously inspired by J.S. Bach's Fugue in G Major in 6/8 time, colloquially known as the "Jig" Fugue, this one is in 9/8, like another traditional Irish dance.
    CD: Mechanical Music for Computer   Label: available at CDBaby.com
     
    "Fugue in 5"genre: Electronic Classical
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    A fugue in 5/4 time, using the basic electronic trinity of sawtooth, square, and sine wave.
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    "The Sailor's Fugue"genre: Electronic Classical
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    The traditional fiddle tune, The Sailor's Hornpipe, struck me as being ideal for fugal treatment with its many sequential patterns.
    CD: Mechanical Music for Computer   Label: available at CDBaby.com
     
    "Fuga al Huapango"genre: Electronic Classical
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    A fugue in the pattern of a traditional Mexican dance - in hemiola rhythm, 6/8 time alternating with 3/4.
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    "Culligatawny"genre: Electronic Classical
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    Maybe you could call this a slip-and-slide jig. It is in 15/8.
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    "Weggis Fair"genre: Electronic Classical
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    This takes the traditional Swiss folk tune and contorts it into 5/4 time. It is played by a virtual clarinet sextet.
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    "The Joyous Jig"genre: Electronic Classical
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    This one is just what its title says, a dance for joy.
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