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The Stone Henger's
scribe is the waveform symbols found throughout Tree Weaver Sound.
The language is a working
and functional didgeridoo transcription system. Feel free to use it for your
own didgeridoo compositions.
The following explanation of the language uses terminology from the
tutorials found on this web-site, so please read through these for
full comprehension. The examples provided below are the bare basics of the language, and how it works. It is open to modification, based on your own style, or abilities to
tweak sounds out of your didges.
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The language is based on the above waveform. Since didgeridoo is a
continuous sound, this shape represents the music of didgeridoo.
The sound of this simple waveform is that of the most simple sound of
didgeridoo, the drone. In English, this waveform means
energy.
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The waveform broken by a circle, represents the circular breath. The size of the circle can determine the speed of the breathe.
This symbol on its own means 'create' in
English.
Since many playing styles use circular breathing to set the tempo of
their playing, one way to indicate the temp of your didging, is by using the circular breathing symbol: |
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Depending on the length of time you
decide to set a single wavelength to, the picture above indicates a rapid 4 count rhythm, through circular breathing.
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Another way to set the tempo or rhythm, is by using the
tongue. The dots represent the 'D' sound as in 'dog', that can be made while playing. The above drone has five "D' sounds.
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waveform, extending DIRECTLY off from the drone waveform
represents sound manipulations made by movements of the tongue.
Bringing the tongue close to the lips, alters the speed of the air, and changes
the pitch of the drone (see
tutorials).
The above symbol represents 2 rolling
pitch changes in succession, made by doing this action (I call this sound effect the 'camel'). The length, and steepness of the
'camel' symbol can reflect the length and sharpness of each rolling pitch sound made by the tongue.
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| Combining the 'camel' with the 'D',
gives a possible sound combination, where, the tongue actually hits the lips to momentarily break the drone. The size of the 'D' can indicate the size of the
pause in the sound.
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Vocal Harmonics.
The vocal chords are used to add a layer of soundwaves to the base drone
soundwaves. This is indicated by a waveform, that is NOT DIRECTLY attached to the
drone waveform. The above symbol indicates a high vocal, descending smoothly into a low vocal.
My playing style utilizes harmonics for the most part (hence the smooth
line to indicate the vocal), Most didges have three vocal harmonic levels, high, medium and low. This can be expressed by the initial distance away
from the drone waveform, that the vocal wave form begins. For the highest vocal
harmonic, I usually extend the waver riser, double the length from what you see in the above pic. Also, the
duration of the vocal can be indicated by the length of the vocal waveform.
Short screeches, can have a short vocal wave, the loops up
high (to indicate the high note called by the voice) |
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the basics of the Stone Henger's scribe... I have many, many other symbols that I
use for my own playing style, and my own quiver of sound effects, but wont bother to put them in, since you will change and adjust this language to suit your own
needs.
I have created an entire language, where the symbols have meanings, for the
Tree Weaver Sound series, so if I ever get around to it, I'll post a dictionary
on-line. Happy didging everyone, and don't forget to check
out the tutorials. |
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