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Small Ensemble; New Music Ensemble Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Marimba, Piano, Cello - Advanced - Digital Download SKU: D3.SM-10-0002 Composed by Jack Curtis Dubowsky. New Music; Chamber Music. A contemporary new music piece ulilizing Steve Reich's "phasing" technique, and grooves where the pulse is strong but the downbeat is ambiguous or obscured. Contemporary; phasing. Sheet music. Composed 2011. Duration 5:00. De Stijl Music Digital #SM-10-0002. Published by De Stijl Music Digital (D3.SM-10-0002). 8.5 x 11 inches.Composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky says: Fortuitous is an effort to capture some of what we do in the electroacoustic Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble and seal it into notated instrumental music. I had a student who was very interested in Steve Reich's "phasing" technique, and it reminded me of how the Ensemble sometimes plays in a similar manner. Often the Ensemble has shifting asynchronous rhythms, as an arpeggiator spins out of control while a live rhythm section carries on defiantly. Other times, different players in the Ensemble have different interpretations of where the "one" or downbeat is, often displaced by a mere eighth note. When we were on tour and listening to our second CD in the van, I was fascinated by such a discrepancy in our musical understanding of a track. We could play the rhythm together, but each counted it differently. I have always been fascinated by grooves where the pulse is strong, but the downbeat is ambiguous or obscured. This was something I explored to a lesser extent in Bassoon Concerto No. 1. Fortuitous is a further exploration of this. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).