| Composition Year | 1987 ca. |
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Contents |
| Work Title | Trapse |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Drehmer, Earl Richard |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IED 107 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1987 ca. |
| First Performance. | 2011/06/29 |
| First Publication. | 2011 |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 4.9 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | mouth samples, electronic music |
This is the first piece in the series composed using mouth sounds. I know I spelled Traipse wrong. All the pieces in this series have odd titles spelled all kinds of ways. I first performed Trapse at my students' semi-annual recital. In it is quoted the G. F. Handel tune "Christmas" (more commonly known by the words "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night").
On my Ensoniq EPS I sampled 8 sounds made by my mouth (whistle, hum, wind, etc.). Then I altered them through various electronic techniques (filters, LFOs, loops, envelopes, etc.) and created a set of 8 instruments with multiple patches and mod wheel available to alter them live and intuitively. I then created these works with the fanciful titles, mostly in 8 tracks, with 1 or more of these sounds per composition. I explored what could be done to use the EPS as an instrument and not just a sequencer. One friend calls these samples "extended vocal techniques".
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