Rhythm, Timbre and Space as Musical Expression
Fernando Rincón Estrada · 2022
Author(s): Rincon Estrada, Fernando | Advisor(s): Barlow, Clarence | Abstract: This dissertation comprises a collection of works that address aspects of soundoccupying space. Those aspects refer to inner components of timbre and rhythm andhow these may influence the perception and projection of sound. These works alsoaddress the interaction of physical or virtual spaces and spatial attributes of sound inregard to rhythm and timbre. The composition of timbres serves as fundamental basefor the musical material contained in the works, using sound synthesis and extendedtechniques as a paradigm for articulation and instrumentation of sound in vertical andhorizontal layers. Rhythm is not only a parameter that articulates time; it may also bethe parameter that articulates musical material. The relationships of timbre and rhythmserve as expressive substance for the elaboration of immersive soundscapes that aremolded by time and memory.