PUBLISHED: Jun 23, 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Pianophase.com is a performance and visualization of the first section from Steve Reich's 1967 piece Piano Phase. This is a video capture of the site.
http://www.pianophase.com
http://www.chenalexander.com
Two pianists repeat the same twelve note sequence, but one gradually speeds up. The musical patterns are visualized by drawing two lines, one following each pianist. The sound is performed live in the browser with the Web Audio API, and drawn with HTML5 Canvas.