String Quartet No.2 "Contra-statement" by Turgut Erçetin

“Contra-statement” engages with the issues of complexities that are perceived at resonance rate. The primary goal is to formulate a structural network, which explores various means of acoustic synthesis concerning string instruments: Composed of discrete resonance peaks, the subharmonic bandwidth (residual signal) pertaining to certain fingerings constitute a pitch perception as a result of their spectral construct. The analyses evince that such peculiarity can be devised in such a way that it can yield a harmonic relationship between “the virtual” and the physically played pitches, if accurate filtering methods, such as bowing or specific fingering combinations, are applied accordingly. Being an acoustic piece as well as a piece that investigates the string instrument acoustics, “Contra-statement” aims to explore the concept of “percept” and the ways in which it communicates with this sonic-temporal output.

“Contra-statement” is dedicated to all fellow artists who are currently held in prisons in Turkey, where the Ministry of Interior Affairs, İdris Nedim Şahin, officially stated that art is a form of terrorist propaganda on December 26, 2011.

Above performance was given by the Arditti Quartet on July 1st, 2012 at IRCAM.

Reviews & Articles:

[Bianet, in Turkish]
http://www.bianet.org/biamag/sanat/141131-bahsedilmeyenlerin-tarihine-muzikal-bir-yolculuk

Online score by Incipitsify (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj6BsbqqKk4)