Sunday, April 3, 2011

Day Seventeen: Musical Bricolage

According to the great god Wiki, "bricolage" comes from the French verb "bricoler" (brick-oh-lay), which means   "to fiddle" or "to tinker." Originally, I was going to talk about someone in society who might be seen as a bricoleur, but then I found something much more interesting--musical bricolage.

Musical or instrumental bricolage means using non-musical objects to improvise music. Hermes making the tortoise into a lyre would be one example, and a few other interesting ones are:




Spoons










Wax paper comb







"Stomp," which is a performing art that involves dancing and creating music with common household things like brooms, garbage cans and pots.



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Now the real question is, does this make any of them tricksters, and how are you a bricoleur?

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  1. John Cage is a fantastic example of a musical trickster. His composition 4'33"

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