Heuristic Music

This is the first of a series of posts detailing compositional sketches that I’m making in preparation for a new album. You can keep up on new posts by following Heuristic Music on Twitter or Facebook or by subscribing to the RSS feed for this blog.

Primes is a sketch of a nonretrogradable* rhythmic structure based on prime numbers**. The techniques used in its construction promote structural integrity while creating a “shifting” rhythm that is difficult to predict.
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