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Floating in Space

from Air in Motion by Keyna Wilkins - Flute

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Composed and performed by Keyna Wilkins with nebulae space sounds derived from spectrograph data from various nebulae in our galaxy compiled by astronomer Dr Paul Francis (www.mso.anu.edu.au/pfrancis/Music/), sheet music published by Wirripang in 2012. Filmed live 12/12/15 @ Seymour Centre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLLZypTFwUs. This piece is influenced by the basic tenets of Zen Buddhism, specifically the blowing technique of the Japanese end-blown bamboo flute shakuhachi, as a means to meditate on nothingness, or void. Musicologist Jay Keister states: “The Fuke sect of Buddhists practiced a form of shakuhachi meditation known as suizen, or blowing Zen”. Suizen is the concept of self-realisation through meditation on nothingness during improvisation. Features shakuhachi Zen improvisation include lack of steady pulse, fragmented melodies, pitch bends and use of a pitch collection roughly similar to the Western minor pentatonic scale. It also widely uses sustained notes due to the importance of controlled deep breathing. Similarly Floating in Space has all these features with the addition of the backdrop of space sounds. When listening to the raw sound of Nebulae mp3, two main pitches can clearly be heard: Middle C, C above Middle C and F above Middle C, which is has some of the main pitches from the harmonic series starting on F as the fundamental. These 2 pitches provide the tonal centres of the piece.

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from Air in Motion, released December 19, 2017

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Keyna Wilkins Sydney, Australia

Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). She has written over 60 art music compositions that are published by Wirripang and performed internationally. She has released 9 albums of original music. www.keynawilkins.com ... more

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