Marguerite Brown — 3 Loop Pedal Pieces

These three pieces for electric guitar were commissioned by my friend and guitar duo partner Satchel Henneman. The pieces make use of a loop pedal, which allows for the additive layering of different sounds in each piece in real time, along with various techniques and foreign objects used to play the guitar. These include use of a small violin bow, a guitar slide, a bag clip, and techniques such as harmonics, striking the instrument to make the strings resonate and plucking and bending strings on the headstock behind the nut of the guitar. Each movement is titled after a different natural phenomenon that exhibits some kind of accumulation in density. Inspired by these phenomena, Brown creates a piece in which loops accumulate, transform, and fade over the course of each movement. Strata in nature refers to the layering of rock and soil beneath the ground. Crown shyness refers to the tendency of certain trees to grow in fully stocked canopies where the crowns of each tree grow in close proximity to one another but do not touch, forming a network of channel-like gaps along the canopy. Altostratus undulatus is a kind of stratiform cloud formation featuring undulations that can sometimes appear as visibly wavy. Movements: STRATA 0:00 CROWN SHYNESS 5:20 ALTOSTRATUS UNDULATUS 10:37 Gear/software used: Boss RC-20XL Loop Station Neural DSP Archetype Plini ----------------------------------------------- I am endorsed by Stone Age Guitar Products. Check them out here! https://stoneageguitar.com/   / stoneageguitarpicks   https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoneAgeGui... Follow my stuff! My Website: https://robertogranadosguitar.com Instagram: @rgranadosguitar Inquiries: granadosrobertoguitar@gmail.com