無 - Wu
for string orchestra2018>7’
Music constructed from moments, sounded as if derived seperately from an eternal
time-cycle in which the pre-beginning chaos becomes the existential end (tai ji / wu ji ouroboros).
Empty staves versus absent staves; two kinds of silence (the absolute becomes relative).
81 stanzas in Tao Te Ching
A4 = 433Hz such that E2 = ~81Hz
81 = 92
Enneatonic scale based on Lo Shu magic square with a magic constant of 81
84 triadic combinations of the pitch square
無 (Wu) is a Chinese term of negation (similar to the English prefix non-).