01/18/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)

Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 01/18/2015
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

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The image “Blonde/Red Dress/Kritchen, from the series Interiors” (1978) accompanying today’s post by Laurie Simmons.

01/16/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)

Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 01/16/2015
Location: The bathroom at my home in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

The image “Northeast of Keota, Colorado, 1969” (Printed 1977) accompanying today’s post by Robert Adams.

01/14/2015 (Improvisation 2 of 2. Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation using a timpani)

Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 01/14/2015
Location: Band Room at Langley Middle School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone/Concert Timpani

Notes: Improvisation 2 of 2

Between teaching two classes this morning, I explored improvising with a full-sized concert timpani in the band room at Langley Middle School. Like the more percussive improvisation I also documented during this session, the moving gears inside and outside the instrument created a fascinating counterpoint, though during this piece I took a much more melodic approach overall.

The image “Gartenstrasse, Berlin” (1991) accompanying today’s post by Brian Rose.

01/14/2014 (Improvisation 1 of 2. Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation using a timpani)

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Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 01/14/2015
Location: Band Room at Langley Middle School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone/Concert Timpani

Notes: Improvisation 1 of 2

Between teaching two classes this morning, I explored improvising with a full-sized concert timpani in the band room at Langley Middle School. During this piece I bent over and put my bell against the head of the drum. I explored key clacking, striking my bell against the head of the drum, and swirling the bell against the head. I used the foot pedal to pull the captured tones up and down as well. The inner gears of the timpani were very addible while I was playing and became an integral part of the sound spectrum documented in this recording.

The image “Near Hawthorne, Nevada” (1988) accompanying today’s post by Emmet Gowin.