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Hummingbrrd (electronic)

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  • Year(s)

    2003

  • Difficulty

    Advanced

  • Duration

    03:06 min

Instrumentation:

Electronic

Genres:

Energetic

Hummingbrrd is a happy, lively little piece I wrote over one weekend, primarily as a test drive of a new piece of software, Melodyne. Every sound in the entire piece is from my own voice (I didn’t use any synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, etc.). Not being a gifted singer, I’d never attempted anything quite like this before, and found it incredibly fun to do. As a compositional exercise, it reminded me of the value of simply playing, with musical materials and creative tools.

I’ve created arrangements for Euphonium solo (commissioned by Robert Benton) and Baritone Sax solo, both with electronic backing track from an iOS or Android app.