Sound&Composition   Time Levels

Color time level Approx. time scale: above 10 Hz Musical relevance: Periodical and non-periodical events in this time range are recognized as sound color characteristics and are not being recognized as rhythmical events. No figurative recognition patterns apply. Technical examples: Spectra manipulations, LFO and envelope characteristics, etc. Sound example: Rattle noise

Metric time level Approx. time scale: from 0.2 Hz to 15 Hz Musical relevance: The "body-zone" of the music. Metric time events are captured as kind of figurative pattern and allow the highest degree of memorizing and differentiation. Events that follow each other in a frequency faster than 1 Hz (average frequency of human pulse) are usually recognized as being fast while events that follow each other in a frequency slower than 1 Hz are usually recognized as being slow. Metric time is the time scale usually responsible for the major range of musical information. Technical examples: Sequence of tones, drum patterns, speech, dance rhythms, etc. Sound example: Talking noise

Transition time level Approx. time scale: below 0.2 Hz Musical relevance: Events that happen in transition time are too long for being recognized as rhythmical events. They are captured as gradual changes over time. No figurative recognition patterns apply. Technical examples: Gradual structure variations as applying in minimal music, sequence of structures in a variation form Sound example: Spacey bell harmony IV

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