Last rays of sunset on a far horizon (2011)

Solo cello and drone
60'

Last rays of sunset on a far horizon by petemaskreplica


The science bit:

The drone is a 4-note chord in ratios 1/1 - 9/7 - 16/11 - 40/21 (with 1/1 being G). The cello strings are tuned to these notes. All the cello part derives from the natural harmonics of this tuning. The cello line was improvised, then edited and processed.