Four Eccentric, Hexachordal Canons for Two Pianos

by joel taylor

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1.	Tetrad Canon 04:23	buy track
2.	AccelDecl Canon 02:11	buy track
3.	Double Canon for Two Pianos and Two Reyongs 05:21	buy track
4.	Cadence Canon 04:55	buy track

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These four canons are the result of compositional searching in the process of composing another work, not yet released (but soon). They are also documents of a learning process that I am going through in preparation for yet another work, not yet composed, namely, learning to compose canons. All of these pieces are tuned in Erlich's 12 note, hexachordal scale from 22 tET.

Tetrad Canon is the simplest of these pieces, and features a theme made up of a consonant 7-limit tetrad, plus a flat nine and sharp eleven.

AccelDecl Canon is just that, the theme accelerates and decelerates, and the successive entries do the same.

Double Canon for Two Pianos and Two Reyongs is the most complex, and eccentric, of the pieces, and uses a variety of canonical techniques rather indiscriminately. It ends with the head.

Cadence Canon is one big long cadence.

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released July 21, 2022

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joel taylor Quito, Ecuador

Joel Taylor is a composer/improvisor/programmer who works with a wide variety of electronic and acoustic media. He performs on analog synths, computers, keyboards, shakuhachi, suling, flute, and percussion, and has composed concert music for orchestra, gamelan, and various chamber ensembles. ... more

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