Alvin Lucier Wave Songs for female voice with pure wave oscillatorsconsists of 11 solos fr female voice with2 pure wave so the os tuned various distances apart. As they sound, the singer sustains tones against the oscillator sounds, creating audible ‘beats—bumps of sound produced asthe sound waves collide. The farther apart, the faster the beating. At unisons, no beating occurs, Oscillators ‘The oscillator tones recorder on DAT tape, compact disk or Pod are faced in and out atthe beginning and end ofeach song, Silences between songs. vary and are indicated by small Arabic rumbers atthe end ofeach song. The letiers Rand L under Ose. and ? indicate stereo channeling, which altemates for each song. Large numbers enelosed in square blocks above the beginning of ‘ach song indicates the distances, in cyles per second, betveen the 2 oscillators. "Numbers above and below the notated oscillator pitches indicate the frequency, incydles per second, of each osilator tone. Plusses and minuses before each tome indicate thatthe tone above or below the notated pitch Female Voice ‘The singer stands etcen the loudspeakers fom which the pre waves ‘ovr. Throagost he cours ofthe work she sing pre tones on he Yoel“ atch the sounds of the pare waves i order fo creat the mos iid Det, Ecos hve ano er ltd ph nso wh he pp tower oelatr tones respectively Minas and pls numbers sbove and belve indieate mie tunings above and blow the notated plc, eyes bas) per second . For example the first tone in Song the singer une in uisn ith the ppereciator tne which #8 eye higher than he lower. The seen tone it funed 8 eyes lower than he uppe toe, 4 cycles higher hen the lowe. The Singer may heck her intonation stening forthe mabe of ess shes supposed lo produc. Insng She sings a above and an below he sila nes ae SEE Sn Sap tere te Se Nate As the oscillator tones get closer and close together as the work pets become viral impel forte sige toatl tne her pitches; therefore approximations are acceptable. Wace Songs was commissioned by the Matrix Gallery atthe Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartord, Connecticut. In was composed in response to artist Lee Lozano's Wave Ser, eleven abstract canvases that explore the phenomena twas fst performed by Joan La Barbara on March 29, Wadsworth Atheneum.Sis Sa rt ep er i reh aan So a Wipe EP Tae re ras eg ra Gay sie ei oon eee hie anda nes eT = = — oa Teereiay STF ET 73 ae yee tet >