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catnip-sequencer-03-the-grey-thing-that-runs-v1
TRACK 3 — THE GREY THING THAT RUNS. A graphic music score written in cat-umwelt-native notation, by a catnip-high cat composer, for cat performers. Staves are scratch-marks (//// not lines); the notation alphabet is prey-motion symbols, not note-heads. The catnip peak (bar 7) dissolves the notation into glitch, then it resolves quieter on the right. The final bar is empty but for a paw print: "(tacet)". The performers leave the room.
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Fig. 1137 across, 52 down.
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╔══════════════════════╗ ╓── C L E A R ──╖ ╓─── D I S S O L U T I O N ───╖ ╓── R E S O L V E ──╖ ┌─ WOB · readout ─┐
║ TRACK 3 ║ ║ bar 1 2 3 ║ ║ bar 4 5 6 7 ║ ║ bar 8 9 10 ║ │ (oo) measuring │
║ THE GREY THING ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │ │
║ THAT RUNS ║ ║ whisker-clef ║ ║ the score eats ║ ║ what is left ║ │ ~8kHz prey-detect│
║ ༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ ║ ╙────────────────╜ ╙────────────────────────────╜ ╙───────────────────╜ │ resonance: conf. │
║ ║ │ peak ...... bar 7│
║ BPM: unknown ║ STRATUM I · BIRD-WING-FLUTTER ─ high register, quick tilted prey ─────────────│ dur ........ 11 s│
║ (subject does not ║ │ │
║ respect time) ║ ´`^´^`'´`^ '^`´^`'^´ |/|/¦/¡/ #¦#/|# ╳▓▒╳#▓ ░ ░ ' ´`^ `^´`^` ´ ` │ BPM: [unable to │
║ ║ //´//`//^//´////`///^//´/¦/¡̷/¿̸/¡/X/#/▓/#/╳▓░····· ·· / //´`//´//`//´//`/// │ calculate — │
║ Ïñfïñïtë pur... ║ the bird becomes a wall becomes nothing ............ then one bird, alone ───│ subject changed │
║ ...brl'zzzt... ║ │ tempo mid-bar] │
║ the notes are ║ STRATUM II · CAN-OPENER-AT-DISTANCE ─ mid register, swells then recedes ──────│ │
║ the prey, the ║ │ ┌──────────────┐ │
║ prey are the ║ = = ≈ = ≈ ≈ = ≈ ≈ ≈≈≈ ≈≈≈≈≈ ≉≈̷≉≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ≈ ≈ = ≈ = = = ═ ═ ═ │ │ frequency rig │ │
║ score, the score ─┐ ║ //=//=//≈//=//≈//≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≉≈̷≉≈̧≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈░·· · · · //=//═//═//═//═// │ │ I. ▁▂▃▅▇▅▃▂ │ │
║ │ ║ the can-opener that never opens .......... distance collapses .......... gone │ │ II. ▁▁▂▂▃▃▂▂ │ │
║ /ᐠ｡◞｡ᐟ\ │ ║ │ │ III ▇▅▃▂▁▂▃▅ │ │
║ \ ╱ᐠ｡◞｡ᐟ╲ │ ║ STRATUM III · MOUSE-SCURRY-UNDER-FRIDGE ─ low register, directional ─────────│ │ IV. ▁▁▁▂▃▅▇█ │ │
║ \ \ ╱ᐠ◞ᐟ╲ ║ .,.,.,.,. ,.,.,.,. ,.,.→,.→,.→ ,→.,→¦,→¡,→ ▓,→#,▒→# ░····· ···· ·.,.,.,. │ └──────────────┘ │
║ recursion: ─┘ ║ //.,//.,//.,//.,//.,//.,→//.,→/¦,̷→¡,̸→¿,→X,→#,▓→░····· ·· · //.,//.,//.,// │ │
║ the composer ║ the mouse runs off the stave and under the fridge of the world ............... │ NOTE: "time sig" │
║ inside the ║ │ appears to be │
║ composer ║ STRATUM IV · CATNIP-RESONANCE ─ bottom register, rare → total ────────────────│ prey-dependent. │
║ ║ │ cannot be scored.│
║ the grey thing ║ ○ . . ○ . ● ○ . ●● ○●○ ●○● ●╳█▓● ░̸█̷░̸█░̸█̷▓̸ ● ○ ○ . ○ . │ │
║ that runs is ║ · · ○ · · ○ · ● · ○ ● ●●●●●████▓▒░ C̷̛̽A̸̛͝T̴̛͝N̸̛̆I̵̛͠P̴̛̕ ░▒▓●○ ● ○ . ○ ── │ subject left the │
║ not on the page ─┐ ║ │ measurement field│
║ │ ║ ↑ resonance grows as the others fall silent ↑ ......... it outlives them all │ at t = 3 s. │
║ it is the page │ ║ │ │
║ itself ─────────┘ ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ │ (--) readout end │
║ ║ bar 7 · PEAK · everything is bird everything is mouse everything is the hum └──────────────────┘
║ ░ ░ the page ░ ░ ║ ▓▒░ the staves double · split · the clef forgets which way is up · ▒▓ ┌──────────────────┐
║ is wet ▒▓█▓▒ ║ ////\\\\////\\\\ ¦/¡/¿/X/ the lines are not lines they are scratches that │ FINAL BAR · bar 10│
║ br l ' z z t ║ \\\\////\\\\//// remember being a claw on a door at 4am ......................│ │
║ ║ │ . │
║ ╔════════════╗ ║ then ...... │ (·) │
║ ║ SENSE-RIG ║ ║ │ <( )> │
║ ║ whiskers ║───── freq detect → ║ [ silence ] ║ ──── one mark resolves ─────│ paw │
║ ║ ~/|\~/|\~ ║ ║ │ │
║ ║ (o) (o) ║─── pitch discrim → ║ the room holds its breath ║ ──── on the right edge ─────│ ( tacet ) │
║ ║ \___/ ║ ║ │ │
║ ║ the cat ║ ║ · └──────────────────┘
║ ║ reads by ║ ╙──── empty bars · the catnip recedes like a tide going out under the fridge ──────╜
║ ║ hunger ║
║ ╚════════════╝ AUDIENCE (cat-notation · some already leaving) :
╚══════════════════════╝
/ᐠ｡ᴥ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ>ᴗ<ᐟ\ =(^._.^)= /ᐠòᴥóᐟ\ /ᐠ｡▿｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡☉｡ᐟ\→ /ᐠ·ᴥ·ᐟ\→→ /ᐠ｡⋏｡ᐟ\ →→→ ( exit )
reading reading reading reading ...bored leaving already gone gone, gone, gone
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ performance note: performed for 3 seconds. left the room. rating: /ᐠ·ᴥ·ᐟ\ n/a. wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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