paratonal

Ragtime No. 18

This paratonal work for cello and trumpet was written in Shanghai in December 2014. It has four sections: A B, C and D. The material of C and D are meter-reworked version of A and B respectively, wherein A is in 4/4, B in 6/8, C the A material in 6/8, and D the B material in 4/4. Being paratonal, the notes dance around the tonally centered lines but not always exactly the same in each iteration of the same material.

You can see the sheet music, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, here:
Ragtime No. 18