ZOOM (piano and live electronics guzheng sound)
鋼琴與電聲古箏
Composer: Hsiao, Yung-Shen
This piece is inspired by the camera effect: "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out". The process of zooming leads the human eye into a journey through space. A sound world can also create a journey: a sound object is not only an event, but a whole cosmos. In Zoom, a sound from the guzheng is analyzed, and then this single unit is enlarged into the whole piece. The music explores the sound world inside the guzheng spectral space, by means of hybridizing the timbre of piano and guzheng. The guzheng character and gestures are transformed into piano performance; the piano sound is also transformed as an extended timbre. The piano and guzheng become fused, in a new space that we explore by zooming in and zooming out at different angles and perspectives. In revealing the world of the sound itself, Zoom also evokes the cultural imagination behind the sound.
這首作品靈感來自於攝影機的效果：Zoom In與Zoom Out"。在Zoom In的過程中引領人類的眼睛進入空間的旅行，然而在聲音的世界當中同樣的可以創造出一場旅行：一個聲音的物件(object)不僅僅只是一個事件(event)而已，而是一整個井然有序的體系。在Zoom這首作品當中，古箏的單音取樣被分析，這個單一的取樣被延展與擴大在整首樂曲當中。透過鋼琴與古箏音色的混血，探索古箏聲響內在的頻譜空間。古箏的性格與姿態則被移植到鋼琴的演奏當中，鋼琴的聲響亦被形變成為延伸的音色，透過如同攝影機效果的Zoom In與Zoom Out，鋼琴與古箏的聲響於不同的角度與觀點在新的空間中交互融匯。在聲響本身的顯露過程中，Zoom也同時喚起了聲響背後的文化想像。
Pianist: Wu, Ya-Shin 吳亞欣
Electronics: Hsiao, Yung-Shen 蕭永陞
2018/5/8 NPTU 屏東大學圓廳