1. The idea of not adhering to tonality,
2. compacting instruments into smaller versions of themselves.
3. using glass bottles as resonators under strings
Harry Partch instument precedent is Surrogate Kithern.
Through this exercise I learned how the tightness of a string affects its pitch and how you can manipulate strings to alter their pitch. I also learned a bit about resonance and how the amount of space in an object changes how it sounds. Lastly, I figured out how to use GarageBand to mix music, which is something I had always wanted to do but never knew how.