LINEAGE STUDIES
Musical studies for future instrument models. Some may become instruments; others may remain research.
Before a model enters the collection
Some instruments begin as interpretations of existing models. Badiarov instruments begin differently: with a harmony-first study of a musical source, a phrase, a harmonic structure, or a way of hearing. These studies test whether musical relationships can become a model with its own proportion, sound, and response.
Actus Tragicus — BWV 106
A study from Bach’s early cantata
This study begins from the opening bars of Bach’s Actus Tragicus, BWV 106.
It explores whether the musical relationships in those bars can inform the proportions, balance, response, and sound of a future instrument model.
Lacrimae Pavan
A study from Dowland’s Lachrimae
This study begins from John Dowland’s Lachrimae Pavan, a work that has shaped musical inwardness for more than four centuries.
It explores whether the restraint and depth of this theme can fill the sound and physical character of a future instrument model.
Lamma Bada Yatathanna
A study from a living Andalusian melody
This study begins from Lamma Bada Yatathanna, a melody carried through centuries of Arabic-Andalusian musical tradition.
It explores whether the modal character of the song can enrich the sound of a future instrument model. After all, the overtones that make sound rich are not confined to equal temperament.
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