Composition and Notation of Parameters in Electronic Music: Approximate Reductionist Graphical Notation

Dino Rešidbegović

doi:10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2020.3.4.89

Authors

Dino Rešidbegović Music Academy, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2020.3.4.89

Keywords:

composition, parameters notation, electronic music, sound synthesizer, sound modulation

Abstract

Music composition today present a challenge for every composer, student and professor. In addition to the huge amount of information and technology that are part of modern composition, there are different approaches to the usage of notation within various forms of information and technology. This paper is based on the definition, role and application of notation in compositions. It attempts to define and explain a different, specific approach, which helps in understanding the technology, its applications and features to meet the problems of present compositions by using specific notation for electronic instruments or computers. The paper contains three sections with additional information on the problems, the different types of notations, and the possible solutions. The final result is the description of a connection between the electronic parameters of different instruments and the composition through the ARGN approach (Approximate Reductionist Graphical Notation), which is achieved by means of notation and composition of the parameters of electronic instruments. The ARGN approach contains elements of artistic and theoretical practices based on an interdisciplinary perspective; of the composer, engraver, performer, and improviser, which today represents a profile of a contemporary composer.

Author Biography

Dino Rešidbegović, Music Academy, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dino Rešidbegović graduated and obtained his master's degree in composition at the Wien Conservatory Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien in the classes of H.K Gruber, Wolfgang Liebhart and Dr. Rainer Bischof. He also graduated in piano at the Vienna Conservatory. He completed a post-master study in composition at the Univesität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Wien in the class of Detlef Müller Siemens. He also studied conducting in the class of Uroš Lajovic at the same institution. He received his doctorate (DMA) in composition from the Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo under the mentorship of Dr. Igor Karača. He has received awards and grants for composition such as: Alban Berg, Siemens AG Österreich, Theodor Körner prize (laureat) and the prize for composition Avdo Smajlovic from AMUS society for special contribution in the field of classical art music in 2019. He is currently employed as an associate professor in the University of Sarajevo|Music Academy department of composition. He is a permanent member of the Austrian Composers' Association (ÖKB). His works have been performed in Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria (Musikverein) and the USA (Washington Dc and Carnegie Hall, New York). He is the author of RMC (Reductional Music Complexity), a music system free of pitch and ARGN (Approximate Reductionist Graphical Notation), a system of electronic and electroacoustic music notation. He is also active as a performer of his own compositions containing sound synthesizers. He is a pioneer of artistic live electronic composition and performance in BiH.