One Day Wonder #98

One Day Wonder #98 – For 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone and tuba.

This project has compelled me to ask the question: how does meter govern melody? In fact, I ask myself, how meter governs everything else under the sun and how everything else governs meter. These questions are sort of important, especially if you spend your days thinking about music. One of the ways to investigate this was to write a piece that changes meter every bar and see how things turn out. OK, so it seems that meter has a lot to do with how one thinks about melody. For those who aren’t interested in the above questions, this piece will sound a little jerky – and perhaps a little limpy due to the constant introduction of new meters and other stuff into the mix. But I assure you, it does have a structure (harmonically at least) and it does express a complete musical thought in its own strange way.

Click on the title to listen.