This Thing Called Key Hugh Le Caine

This Thing Called Key (1956) (1:54) demonstrates the effects of tape-speed change on what Le Caine describes as “a poor defenceless little piece,” recorded on a tape loop and repeated over and over, while the playback speed is changed.

Source: 2004

  • Year of composition: 1956
  • Duration of the submitted work: 1:55
  • Publisher: G Young/JWD Music (Grimsby, Ontario), WRCI-4299

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Also part of Compositions Demonstrations 1946-1974 .

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