Wonking Bass
Conlon Nancarrow's charming, slippery "Study #6" for player piano
Welcome to “Click Tracker’s Delight,” Episode #2 - click below to watch my new animated visualization of one of the most elegantly awkward pieces of music ever written, Nancarrow’s “Study #6 for player piano.”
It’s heady, it’s slippery, it’s hyper-organized, it’s charming.
Talk about getting in way over my head, wow. Sometimes the simplest concept can generate dizzying layers of complexity and this was, let’s just say… a bit more involved than I expected.
If you need me, I’ll be curled up in a ball for the next forty eight hours.
Continued in Part II:
Read the detailed follow-up post, including explainers for this video and the fascinating history that gave us Nancarrow’s music:
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Very interesting and artistic: both the music and the animation
Brilliant! Always a joy to listen to Nancarrow, even if I seem to leave years in between those occasions. I really have no idea how you made this video, curious about that!