Even a peaceful and steady forward momentum can be destabilized by the push and pull of an independent system.

There’s no controlling it. Time stretches and contracts, creating a dysphoria that stains reality. Acceptance means simply floating through it all.

Isorhythmic Gardens is composed with familiar Moments of Symmetry of five and seven notes, as well as (quite suddenly) a far less familiar seventeen note construction.

It is also very loosely inspired by the beautiful proportionality of medieval isorhythm.

More details on the tuning as well as a reference score are available at: www.chrispthompson.com/isorhythmic-gardens

Edit 4/29: I made a score follow video. Enjoy!

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