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Maskine 4

7/4/2014

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So I will be presenting world premier of Toke Odin's Maskine in less than 24 hours, and I will also play for Xenakis' entire rebonds for the very first time. Half of the instruments have been moved to the 5th floor of Axelborg today. 

It has been very challenging for me physically to meet the demands for the program. However, I enjoy very much to discover what I can do- to make impossible possible and even  easy.  Initially, I thought there were really many polyrhythms that are not possible to play. A few months passed,  I see that I can potentially play all of them, if I give enough time for my body to integrate( for tomorrow 3 patterns of polyrhythms have to be simplified, but you will not likely to discover it:) 

Now 12 against 9 against 8, 12 against 3 aginst 5, 8 against 7 against5 against 4 against 3 against 2 are not only possible to play, but also enjoyable!

It was not at all a smooth process- it is very challenging to play 20 mins non-stop polyrhythms on  metals, and it was sometimes painful ( maybe not so uncommon for percussionists).  However, instead of being annoyed about it and forcing the movements through  anyway,   I  have  learned to be a good  friend with it. The existence of pain is there to tell me" Ying-Hsueh,  you've got to change the way you play. You are using too much effort,"   Pain is also very quickly gone when my body/ brain recognize a new pattern of movement in ease. The body is so incredibly intelligent. 

It feels very unknown what will happen tomorrow.  I will rest now  and I very much look forward.

Ying-Hsueh, in Copenhagen
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