Boread, by Jackson Spargur

Boread

by Jackson Spargur

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	1.	Boread: I. From the North 02:28		buy track
	2.	Boread: II. From the South 07:56		buy track

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My new piece Boread, composed on and off between April 2020 and November 2022. Rendered in Logic.

Boread (pronounced Bore-ay-ad) began as a study in harmony, in particular, the idea of using stacked fifths to build a harmonic “overtone series”. In the acoustical overtone series, every overtone frequency can be treated as a note, and overtones heard together can create intervals, and chords - but their most important relationship is to the fundamental frequency. In the same way, I build my harmony around a “fundamental” note: functionally, a real or implied bass note. Every note, interval and chord in the piece can be appreciated in isolation, but they gain more meaning when heard in the context of that fundamental note. The more distant the upper structures are along the axis of fifths from that fundamental, the more the ears will have to work to hear tonality.
The title is meant to invoke Greek sagas, as well as storms, the sea, and the mythology of winds and ocean currents. I imagine at times the movement of a ship, the coming and going of the weather, and the depths below.

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released January 3, 2023

Jackson Spargur - Composition, MIDI programming, mixing and mastering

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