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+## Bing
+In music, a rhapsody is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated,
+free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods,
+color, and tonality. It is characterized by an air of spontaneous inspiration
+and a sense of improvisation, making it freer in form than a set of
+variations. The word "rhapsody" is derived from the Greek word "rhapsōidia,"
+which means "recitation of selections from epic poetry".
+
+The rhapsody form has been used by many composers throughout history,
+including Johannes Brahms, George Gershwin, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Some
+famous examples of rhapsodies include:
+- Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, which is a jazz-influenced rhapsody for
+  piano and orchestra .
+- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt, which is a virtuosic piano piece
+  that incorporates Hungarian folk melodies .
+- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which is a set of 24
+  variations on a theme by Niccolò Paganini for piano and orchestra.
+
+## Bing
+A sonata is a type of musical composition that usually consists of two to four
+movements, each in a related key but with a unique musical character. The
+term "sonata" originally denoted a composition played on instruments, as
+opposed to one that was cantata, or "sung," by voices. Its first such use was
+in 1561, when it was applied to a suite of dances for lute.
+
+The sonata form has been used by many composers throughout history, including
+Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph
+Haydn, and Franz Schubert . Most frequently, it refers to such a piece for one
+or two instruments, such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1801) for piano. By
+extension, sonata can also refer to a composition for a larger instrumental
+group having more than two or three parts, such as a string quartet or an
+orchestra, provided that the composition is based on principles of musical
+form that from the mid-18th century were used in sonatas for small
+instrumental groups .
+
+From Britannica:
+Most first movements of Classical sonatas are in sonata form, and they are
+usually fast; the second movement commonly provides the contrast of a slower
+tempo; and the last movement in most cases is again fast. When there are four
+movements, a simpler, dance-style movement of the type also found in the suite
+is included. This is usually placed between the slow second movement and the
+finale; in some cases it stands second and the slow movement third.

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+BoulderCreek.txt 0.0.2              UTF-8                      dh:2024-01-07
+*---|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|--*
+
+                            BOULDER CREEK RHAPSODY
+                            ======================
+
+As an exercise in creating music with a Digital Audio Workstation and all of
+the digital tools and software that I have for that purpose, I am thinking of
+a Boulder Creek Rhapsody, based on the forest fire, mud and flood, and
+expected recovery.  I favor cinematic forms.
+
+I have had too many Digital Audio Workstations and am now down to using only
+Ableton Live 11 Lite, which is free for me.  I have tons of add-ons, including
+much from Native Instruments, the source of my computer's audio dock.
+
+I also have legacy Cakewalk SONAR Platinum and Cakewalk by BandLab.  I am
+keeping an eye on Cakewalk.next and BandLab Studio.  The Clegacy CakeWalk may
+be the best selection, since I can use all of the Native Instrument plug-ins
+and instruments with legacy Cakewalk.
+
+Ableton may have messed up the tutorials for Live Lite and I am waiting to see
+if there will be a Live 12 Lite update available.  We'll see.
+
+I am just getting started.
+
+MANIFEST
+
+    BoulderCreek.txt
+        This manifest and job jar.
+
+    Boulder-Creek-2024-01-02.txt
+        More from Co-Pilot on Sonata and Rhapsody forms.  I forgot where I
+        had ths material already and went on the Internet again.
+
+    BoulderCreekForm.txt
+        A text file of my research into symphonic forms, useful in the choice
+        of "rhapsody" and also useful in determining some of the details.
+
+    NativeInstruments-MelodicTechno-2024-01-07.htm
+    NativeInstruments-MelodicTechno-2024-01-07_files/
+        Capture of NI Tutorial on MelodicTechno with a lesson on building
+        such a song.  Some of the ideas may apply here, although this will
+        not be dance.  Umm, so far as I know.
+
+    Rhapsody-GeneratedWithAI-2023-10-08-0941.jfif
+        Bing-chat offered image along with explanation of Rhapsody.
+
+    TonePoem-GeneratedWithAI-2023-10-08-0927.jfif
+        A Bing-chat offered image along with explanation of Tone Poem
+
+    TonePoem-GeneratedWithAI-2023-10-08-0928.jfif
+        Another of the Big-chat offered images generated along with
+        explanation of Tone Poem.
+
+*---|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|--*
+
+                    Copyright 2023 Dennis E. Hamilton
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+
+*---|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|--*
+
+ ATTRIBUTION
+
+   Hamilton, Dennis E. Boulder Creek Rhapsody.  myCleanC project file
+   BoulderCreek.txt version 0.0.2 dated 2024-01-07, available on the Internet
+   as a version of
+   <https://github.com/orcmid/myCleanC/blob/master/BoulderCreek/BoulderCreek.txt>
+
+TODO
+
+ * Listen to "Rhapsody in Blue" and the other Gerschwin I like for more
+   understanding of the form.
+
+ * Listen to the Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsodies" for understanding of the form.
+
+ * Listen to Rachmaninoff "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini" for more sense.
+
+ * Do the Native instruments Melodic Techno tutorial to see what I can do
+   to be more in a rhapsody form.
+
+ * THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY CLEAN C.  This needs to go under Audio of
+   nfoTools.
+
+DONE
+
+ 2023-01-07 Nothing to See here.  Move Along.
+
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+
+0.0.2 2024-01-07T17:02Z Add Melodic Techno info, and expand on DAWs to use
+0.0.1 2023-10-08T18:00Z Initial synopsis and manifest.
+
+                       ***end of BoulderCreek.txt ***

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+BoulderCreekForm.txt 0.0.1          UTF-8                      dh:2023-10-08
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+
+                            BOULDER CREEK RHAPSODY
+                            ======================
+
+As an exercise in creating music with a Digital Audio Workstation and all of
+the digital tools and software that I have for that purpose, I am thinking of
+a Boulder Creek Homage, based on the forest fire, mud and flood, and expected
+recovery.  I favor cinematic forms.
+
+I am asking Bing Chat about the standard musical forms to help refine my
+ideas.  All if the quotations are Bing Chat results, edited for form here.
+
+RHAPSODY
+
+Ah, the best choice, although I am pleased for the additional information that
+I obtained first.
+
+"A rhapsody is a musical composition that is episodic yet integrated, free-
+flowing in structure, and features a range of highly contrasted moods, color,
+and tonality. The word 'rhapsody' is derived from the Greek word 'rhapsōidia',
+meaning 'recitation of selections from epic poetry'.
+
+"The rhapsody is a form of instrumental music that is characterized by its
+improvisatory character and its lack of formal structure. It is often composed
+for a solo instrument or for an orchestra and can be considered a type of tone
+poem.
+
+"Some examples of rhapsodies include:
+
+ - Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt: A set of 19 piano pieces that are
+   based on Hungarian folk themes
+
+ - Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin: A piece for solo piano and jazz band
+   that combines elements of classical music with jazz
+
+ - Romanian Rhapsodies by George Enescu: Two orchestral works that are based
+   on Romanian folk music"
+
+OVERTURE
+
+Ahah!!!  It is OK to think of this as an overture.  I still need to think
+about form though.
+
+"A musical overture is a piece of music that is played at the beginning of an
+opera, ballet, or musical. It is usually an instrumental composition, but
+sometimes it can include vocal parts as well. The overture serves as an
+introduction to the work that follows and often contains the main musical
+themes of the work.
+
+"The overture originated in the 17th century as a short instrumental flourish
+or a sung prologue for operas, ballets, or oratorios. During the early
+Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures
+which were independent, self-existing instrumental, programmatic works that
+foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem. These were 'at first
+undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme'".
+
+"There are two main types of overtures: concert overtures and opera overtures.
+Concert overtures are independent works that are not associated with any
+particular drama or story. They are usually played at the beginning of a
+concert and are intended to stand alone as a complete composition. ..."
+
+SYMPHONIC POEM
+
+Following on "Overture" I asked about "tone poem"  This was even more fun:
+Bing Chat offered me some graphical images along with the explanation.
+
+"A tone poem is a piece of orchestral music that is usually in one movement
+and is based on a descriptive or rhapsodic theme. It is also known as a
+symphonic poem. The tone poem is intended to evoke the contents of a story,
+poem, painting, place, or other non-musical source. The term 'tone poem' was
+first used by the composer Carl Loewe in 1828.
+
+"The tone poem is different from traditional classical symphonic movements in
+that its music is intended to inspire listeners to imagine or consider scenes,
+images, specific ideas, or moods and not necessarily to focus on following
+traditional patterns of musical form such as sonata form. The tone poem was a
+direct consequence of Romanticism, which encouraged literary, pictorial, and
+dramatic associations in music.
+
+"While many tone poems may compare in size and scale to symphonic movements
+(or even reach the length of an entire symphony), they are unlike traditional
+classical symphonic movements in that their music is intended to inspire
+listeners to imagine or consider scenes, images, specific ideas or moods, and
+not (necessarily) to focus on following traditional patterns of musical form
+such as sonata form. According to the musicologist Hugh Macdonald, the tone
+poem met three 19th-century aesthetic goals: it related music to outside
+sources; it often combined or compressed multiple movements into a single
+principal section; and it elevated instrumental program music to an aesthetic
+level that could be regarded as equivalent to, or higher than opera".
+
+SONATA
+
+This has the correct number of parts (4):
+
+"A sonata is a type of musical composition that usually consists of two to four
+movements, each in a related key but with a unique musical character. The
+term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms
+until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance. Sonata is a
+vague term, with varying meanings depending on the context and time period.
+By the early 19th century, it came to represent a principle of composing
+large-scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and
+regarded—alongside the fugue—as one of two fundamental methods of organizing,
+interpreting and analyzing concert music.
+
+"The sonata is typically played by a solo instrument or a small instrumental
+ensemble. The Baroque period sonata was for one or more instruments almost
+always with continuo. After the Baroque period most works designated as
+sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, most often a keyboard
+instrument, or by a solo instrument accompanied by a keyboard instrument.
+Sonatas for a solo instrument other than keyboard have been composed, as have
+sonatas for other combinations of instruments."
+
+CONCERTO
+
+Hmm ... I would bend the instruments idea here, but the 3-part form doesn't
+quite fit.
+
+"A concerto is a musical composition that features a solo instrument or
+instruments accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The soloist and
+the ensemble are related to each other by alternation, competition, and
+combination. The concerto typically consists of three movements, with a slow
+movement (e.g., lento or adagio) sandwiched between two fast movements (e.g.,
+presto or allegro). The concerto originated as a genre of vocal music in the
+late 16th century, and the instrumental variant appeared around a century
+later. The first keyboard concertos were written around the same time, and in
+the second half of the 18th century, the piano became the most used keyboard
+instrument. Composers of the Classical Era such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang
+Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven each wrote several piano concertos,
+and to a lesser extent, violin concertos and concertos for other instruments.
+In the Romantic Era, many composers continued to write solo concertos, and
+more exceptionally, concertos for more than one instrument. During the 20th
+century, concertos were written by many composers for orchestral instruments
+which had been neglected in the 19th century such as the clarinet, viola, and
+French horn. In the second half of the 20th century and onwards into the 21st
+century, a great many composers have continued to write concertos for less
+usual instruments, including orchestral ones such as the double bass and cor
+anglais, but also folk instruments."
+
+SYMPHONY
+
+"A symphony is a lengthy musical composition for an orchestra, usually
+consisting of several large sections or movements, at least one of which
+usually employs sonata form. The term 'symphony' has had many meanings from
+its origins in ancient Greek era, but by the late 18th century, it had taken
+on the meaning common today. The word 'symphony' is derived from the Greek
+word “sumphōnia”, meaning 'agreement or concord of sound', 'concert of vocal
+or instrumental music', from 'sumphōnos' meaning 'harmonious'.
+
+"Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a group of
+musicians, which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. ... Some
+symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven Ninth Symphony).
+
+"The symphony typically consists of three movements, with a slow movement
+(e.g., lento or adagio) sandwiched between two fast movements (e.g., presto or
+allegro). The first movement is usually in sonata form (also called first-
+movement form).
+
+"Symphonies are regarded as one of two fundamental methods of organizing,
+interpreting and analyzing concert music, alongside the fugue. The symphony is
+considered one of the most important genres of Western classical music and has
+been written by many composers throughout history."
+
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+
+0.0.1 2023-10-08T16:50Z Initial gathering of terminology for Boulder Creek
+      composition
+
+                       ***end of BoulderCreekForm ***