This song is based on the following 12-tone matrix.
| B | D# | D | F | A | G | G# | C | F# | C# | E | A# |
The first incarnation of this piece was about a minute’s worth of multitracked improvisation using the matrix as seen below. I’ve colored the four parts used and bolded the notes that intersect.
| B | D# | D | F | A | G | G# | C | F# | C# | E | A# |
| G | B | A# | C# | F | D# | E | G# | D | A | C | F# |
| G# | C | B | D | F# | E | F | A | D# | A# | C# | G |
| F | A | G# | B | D# | C# | D | F# | C | G | A# | E |
| C# | F | E | G | B | A | A# | D | G# | D# | F# | C |
| D# | G | F# | A | C# | B | C | E | A# | F | G# | D |
| D | F# | F | G# | C | A# | B | D# | A | E | G | C# |
| A# | D | C# | E | G# | F# | G | B | F | C | D# | A |
| E | G# | G | A# | D | C | C# | F | B | F# | A | D# |
| A | C# | C | D# | G | F | F# | A# | E | B | D | G# |
| F# | A# | A | C | E | D | D# | G | C# | G# | B | F |
| C | E | D# | F# | A# | G# | A | C# | G | D | F | B |
After that, it gets a bit weird. I’ll leave the rest of the process to your imagination.
Thanks to Dan Cavanagh for the HTML matrix app on his site.
