11/28/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 11/28/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
This improvisation uses recurring themes that are sung into the horn, while exploring more indeterminate harmonic areas by moving freely around the horn in the pitched material beneath the sung tones.
The image accompany the post today by Peter Mohall.
11/26/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 11/26/2015
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
Over the past few years I’ve been exploring a new (at least to me) method of articulation on the horn that uses triple-tonguing by moving my tongue in a careful pattern that alternates again striking the reed with the tip of my tongue, followed by the roof of the mouth, and finished towards the center of my tongue. I then moved away from this stiff articulation and began incorporating the contrasting element of pliable pitch regions.
The image accompany the post today by Rosa Barba.
11/25/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 11/25/2015
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
A quiet improvisation that explored maintaining a drone while pulsing pitches within multiphonics and overtones, and phasing in and out of an array of sound colors.
The image Elegy to the Spanish Republic, No. 57 accompanying the post today by Robert Motherwell (1957-61).
11/24/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 11/24/2015
Location: Performance Hall at Chief Sealth High School. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
An aggressive improvisation recorded in the performance hall at Chief Sealth High School between teaching lessons to sixth grade beginning saxophonists.
The image accompany the post today is by an unknown creator.