Qi colour from hidden resonances

This piece was inspired by the Chinese literati philosophy where subtle hidden sounds of yun sit alongside more robust qi energy. Hidden half timbres from rubber-stopped, finger-dampened strings, and silently undampened strings as resonators for attach dyad resonances gradually build to juxtaposed colour blocks of sound strewn across wide resonances as a type of qi inspired energy. Chinese modes in joyous linear bursts in the treble register heighten the exuberance. The wild juxtapositions draw on the free improvisation of MMW (Medeski, Martin and Wood) as much as Chinese literati philosophy. The work closes with a return to the hidden resonances, but with high melodic modal touches imitative of birds awakening the bush at the base of the Blue Mountains on my morning run.