COG
Tenor Saxophone Solo: Erik Brandell
Bass: Christine Lanusse
Cog started of as a simple two chord idea, later developing into three chords. At first I was exploring how different LCR voicings could be transposed between two key centres as constant structures. This naturally evolved into using the two chords (B major and G major) as anchor points and finding ways of connecting them through both LCR voicings and fractal movement. All the compositions have some element of Vitchev's concepts adapted to my personal style, but Cog was the first to exhibit a cohesive amalgmation of multiple concepts.
This video clip is taken from a deliberate practice session where the aim was to get comfortable with the original chordal idea for Cog. The idea starts with a B major spread triad which leads to a G major spread triad, descending through a series of LCR voicings, before ascending back to the B major chord.
Here is another deliberate practice clip. This time the motif has metamorphosed, but still retains the cyclic fashion. Instead of descending from the B major to the G major using LCR voicings a recursive fractal module is employed. This particular motif demonstrates concept symbiosis where multiple harmonic concepts are combined into a unified grammar. In this case it is a comnbination of Spread triads, fractals, LCR voicings and modifications.
The clip is colour coded to show where certain harmonic devices occur.
Purple: Combined spread triad with fractal figure.
Red: LCR voicings
Blue: Modified Fractal/ LCR voicings
