Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ with a bar-graph score #classicalmusic #musicvideo #MAM

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Interesting use of a visualization technique employing what is known as a "Music Animation Machine".

To understand the Music Animation Machine you don't need to know any of the symbols (note values, clefs, sharps and flats, etc.) of conventional music notation. You just need to watch and listen at the same time. 
MAM notation is extremely simple:

• Each note is represented by a colored bar (see diagram below).
• The bars scroll across the screen from right to left as the piece plays, and each bar lights up as its note sounds (so you can't lose your place).
• The length of each bar corresponds exactly to the duration of its note as performed (not in any way "quantized").
• The vertical position of the bar corresponds to the pitch -- higher notes are higher on the screen, lower notes are lower.
• The horizontal position indicates the note's timing in relation to the other notes.

via http://www.musanim.com/mam/closer.html

For an explanation of how this video was made see: Production Notes for J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Comments

[Ko_plastics]

interesting idea :>)

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