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Did you know... that in A [For 100 Cars], an orchestra of cars play the note A for 28 minutes?
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Might someone be able to add a 30-second sound sample? That would be within the
FUC. I am really dying to know what this piece actually sounds like, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
Daniel Case (
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02:09, 10 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately I can't do anything. It's against YouTube's ToS to download videos (and by extension, get an audio file) so I would be very hesitant. Schminnte (
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contribs)16:44, 15 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Thanks. I'll preemptively say that for criterion 3a, I have mined every source that I can find on this topic. So although it appears as a short article, I consider it to be sufficiently broad. Schminnte (
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Broadness
As you say, the article is on the short side for GA in both prose and reference list. I think there are two things missing for broadness (3(a)):
Contextualisation of the piece as part of Ikeda's A project. There's A and A [continuum] and others (
FactMag 1,
FactMag 2,
Ikeda's website).
The 15-minute film accompanying the performance (
Autoweek).
I also found
another review (note that Shana Nys Dambrot appears to be an established, reputable critic).
I'd like to see at least a couple more paragraphs on these topics.
Referencing
I'm satisfied with the reliability of sources. I've spotchecked Tiny Mix Tapes, Create Digital Music, MusicRadar, Lee (2018) and The New York Times. My only issues are with the last:
"To better emit the sounds created by Takahashi's synthesisers, some drivers opted to open their car's doors" – The source just says that some doors were open, without explaining why.
I'd like to see the headlights and horns mentioned under "Performance": Mr. Ikeda's composition wasn't limited to the stereo systems; it also took advantage of the cars' headlights, horns and roaring engines.
Copyedits
A (musical note) doesn't appear to be linked anywhere, surprisingly: it could be in the first occurrence in the lead and body.
"The idea behind A [For 100 Cars] springs from Ikeda's curiosity with the various frequencies associated to the note A." – This can be made more concise e.g. "Ikeda was curious about the various frequencies associated to the note A."
Concert pitch should probably be linked somewhere in "Composition", not "Music" (and 9 words is a bit too many to link over; you could use the phrase "concert pitch" itself).
"A been associated with many different frequencies" – this should be "A has been ..." and probably also "concert A" (as it still is associated with many different frequencies, Hz).
"A used by ..." reads a little bit oddly. I think you could drop the "A" as clear from previous context, or change to "the A used by ..."
"from 376.3 – 506.9 Hz" – I think this should be "from ... to ..."
I think a space is needed before "dB" and
decibel could be linked.
"put the performance on their list of the best performances" – Reword to avoid multiple uses of "performance" within a sentence.
I'm happy with the free images used. I won't require it for GA but, rather than a potentially non-free extract from the performance, I'd like to see a "multiple audio" box of a note A playing on an electronic piano for 5 seconds at different frequencies (maybe even the 6 listed).
Copyedits and referencing issues should now be resolved; I will wait until I can access a computer to add the references you linked above since I don't trust the mobile editor to not crash. All the best, Schminnte (
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contribs)08:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)reply