How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?


Composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses adapting microtonal electronic music for a chamber orchestra. The article explores the concept of using more than 12 notes in an octave and the challenges of performing microtonal music on acoustic instruments. It also highlights the work of composer Easley Blackwood Jr. and his "Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media," which has been recorded on a synthesizer but is now being reimagined for a chamber orchestra.



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