Samuel Beckett Quad

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15 жыл бұрын

Just an experiment using pitched percussion. Instead of tapping steady beats, four simple melodic figures enter and leave. I think there is just about room in the script for this to be considered a reasonably authentic approach. And far more authentic than some of the stuff you can can find on YT. And, frankly, far better.

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@mrbenoit5018 8 ай бұрын

Friday night with the boys 🤙

@katya8369 Жыл бұрын

Great Beckett Watching his plays You get the feeling Before you get the meaning

@death7800 11 жыл бұрын

i could watch this all day. it's like it puts me in a trance.

@samphillips3424 5 жыл бұрын

I'm watching it for a drama assignment and it's driving me insane

@queerchoreography54 6 жыл бұрын

This is a lot harder than it looks!

@7heavenlyvirtues Жыл бұрын

lol

@krystianlekienta1200 3 жыл бұрын

Leaked footage of the early stages of Among Us 2 before it was canceled.

@suttie1891 3 жыл бұрын

I know. I worked really hard on that script, but they just told me to fuck off.

@billymcsweeney4559 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! I always go back to this . I’ve no idea what’s going on . It’s so good !

@davidsheriff9274 2 жыл бұрын

They all seem to avoid stepping on the black dot in the middle, what the significance of that is I have no idea.

@nektekket852 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they're missing the point deliberately?

@preteritohieratico1068 2 жыл бұрын

Geometrías estelares

@ehigieomokaro6462 4 ай бұрын

I'm taking a class in combinatorial mathematics and my professor referenced this video in his lectures. Beckett likely uses a specific type of binary sequence known as Gray Code (or reflected binary code), where each successive sequence differs from the previous one by only one bit. This ensures that only one character changes (enters or exits) between each scene. For example, the Gray Code for four bits would generate 16 sequences (from 0000 to 1111), ensuring each possible combination of characters is represented exactly once. Each bit in the sequence corresponds to one of the four characters. A change in a bit (from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0) indicates a character entering or leaving the stage. The stage directions follow the order of these binary sequences, dictating which characters are on stage at any given time.

@PeterLucasErixon 4 ай бұрын

@@ehigieomokaro6462Intelligence.

@19538002 4 жыл бұрын

Saw this live in Philadelphia on September 10, 2001.

@carldehez3117 3 жыл бұрын

That explains a lot.

@MrSuttie 12 жыл бұрын

Oh. Yeah, I wrote the music. I found the footage and just added it. I couldn't find any film of the entire piece, so it just fades out, but as you can see, the music just sort of arranges itself so it could be used for the whole piece.

@emmanuelcamilorojasrodrigu2181 3 жыл бұрын

Really interesting approach with the pitched percussion. Nice work!

@stefanalexanderlungu1503 2 жыл бұрын

What are the instruments?

@oliverlopeszerio6337 Жыл бұрын

Nice one

@spencerg.5256 2 ай бұрын

the music makes this so much better!

@alexhauptmann298 5 жыл бұрын

man the wiggles took a turn for the weird lately

@suttie1891 3 жыл бұрын

I tried to get the Teletubbies to do it, but their agents were asking way too much. Had to settle for what I could afford on an arts council grant. Fimbles told me to fuck off.

@zoricapurlija 8 жыл бұрын

I love this piece

@daviddring2365 7 жыл бұрын

clockwise around the little circle ..... anticlockwise on the edge of the square

@gabrielepetouchoff1998 7 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece.

@MrTScz 10 жыл бұрын

Really great concept of musical adaption. Good work. I like.

@hadismanafi6999 4 жыл бұрын

I think its really impressive the art of motion, color, music.

@davidmehnert6206 5 жыл бұрын

‘Then sky alone is left...’ -James Merrill, ‘Lost In Translation’

@pragatikharel7569 5 жыл бұрын

I love the red one's sound.

@grzymol 10 жыл бұрын

Andy - I just found it fo you - from arte television - original production directed by Beckett himself - Quad I and II :) Massive Tx for your attempt with the music - love it :D Samuel Beckett: Quad I+II (play for TV)

@praveencavakumar1883 5 жыл бұрын

i loved it

@doriskollmann6548 9 жыл бұрын

Minimalism at its best. The square and the circle.

@samphillips3424 5 жыл бұрын

Indubitably

@tmczaa7c 10 жыл бұрын

Love the music!

@samphillips3424 5 жыл бұрын

It would be great as a trap beat!

@jordil6152 10 ай бұрын

Me stoned and rambling to myself about who really shot Mr. Burns.

@joshdot9244 Жыл бұрын

me and the homies at a soild hour on a tuesday

@animegirl8033 2 жыл бұрын

This is funny for no reason

@chlo3ism 8 жыл бұрын

Could you say that this is a good visual example of Synaesthesia trans modal in sight, sound and colour?

@suttie1891 7 жыл бұрын

I guess you could. But I wouldn't know what you meant if you did.

@MrShempenman 11 жыл бұрын

Brilliant - great music to go with Beckett. Not easy to get right, but this is.

@edwardprice140 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a game of 3 ball pool. But the cue ball keeps scratching ?

@Underground.Solution 4 жыл бұрын

Good one

@BlueKephra 14 жыл бұрын

Works beautifully. Is it your own music?

@celestialchik 14 жыл бұрын

wow

@mickdevlin 3 жыл бұрын

Superb. I f there was ever a play to illustrate where we are right now, this is it. Great minimalst music as well, Sounds like Glass or Reich. Beckett never misses. Bang.

@goranl2316 Жыл бұрын

I think of Harry Partch or Gamelan music.

@melihturan6577 5 жыл бұрын

İnanılmaz

@photobro 3 жыл бұрын

Your score works - but viewers should try and watch the original. The score/sounds underscore the action in a much more Beckett-ian way I think.

@kagomeshuko Жыл бұрын

The song "Mad World," but I think the Gary Jules version, would go perfect with this play if anybody could get permission for that.

@sexobscura 6 жыл бұрын

.....a Michael stipe daydream in excelsis

@major600 6 жыл бұрын

It's like a screen saver...or the Pac-Man ghosts if you watch it on double speed.

@amphymixis 7 жыл бұрын

All it needs is a nice bumping trap beat in the background. Surprised no one has sampled this.

@SullenMorbius 6 жыл бұрын

Bumping'd kill this piece in my opinion. Love the melody and bells as they are.

@obsidion_sings 4 жыл бұрын

My theater teacher showed this this to my class last year and ive been trying to figure out what it symbolizes since then. Its so simple yet if you look deeply enough its super complex. One of my favorite videos tbh

@suttie1891 4 жыл бұрын

Could you let me know who your theatre teacher is?

@obsidion_sings 4 жыл бұрын

@@suttie1891 Why?

@callumwilson2932 3 жыл бұрын

Would you say that the point of this is that it doesn't have a point? There is no deeper meaning here, everything is shown on the surface

@carldehez3117 3 жыл бұрын

The point is right in the middle.

@callumwilson2932 3 жыл бұрын

@@carldehez3117 ur not wrong lmao

@wavechamber 6 ай бұрын

You need to give yourself and three performer's and musicians credit. Who are they? Where was performed it. A must do.

@raghadelamin5397 6 жыл бұрын

What the heavk

@jomuzza 7 жыл бұрын

when was this filmed?

@zimmeyzimmey 5 жыл бұрын

1981, Germany

@kio_leptos_anemos Жыл бұрын

how big does the square have to be ??

@WardofSquid 4 жыл бұрын

*This would make a sick rap beat* 😂🔥

@ZiaddaiZ Жыл бұрын

I swear it would

@ZenGuitarStudios 5 жыл бұрын

Was pitched percussion part of the original work?

@suttie1891 4 жыл бұрын

Not specifically. The original work specifies 4 different percussion instruments, eg claves, woodblock, chimes, each keeping a steady beat. I'd been listening a lot of minimalist stuff, like Steve Reich, Terry Riley etc, so I took my inspiration from that,

@spotifypremiumgratis689 4 жыл бұрын

CLARK- UNFULA

@andrewchen139 6 жыл бұрын

good morning

@samphillips3424 5 жыл бұрын

This is a bruh moment

@voo33 3 жыл бұрын

is this among us?

@jamesmccarthy6764 2 жыл бұрын

What's this about?

@meredithjulia162 3 жыл бұрын

i really wish i didn't find this as funny as i do

@napori_tomato 3 ай бұрын

都会を歩いてる時ずっとこんなふうに人を避け続けてるわ

@bryanchu5379 3 жыл бұрын

something joke about braincells

@Alienboi2005vidsandstuff 2 жыл бұрын

hmmm

@tomx.y.1954 3 жыл бұрын

hey! what the shit

@Mariem-uv1yk 3 жыл бұрын

what's going on !!!? 🙁

@jon780249 2 жыл бұрын

Beckett had very clear and specific instructions for the performance of his plays, with good reason. If you understood Quad you would not have ruined it in the way you have. You might bear that in mind next time you use someone’s work in a way that distorts it.

@melihturan6577 3 жыл бұрын

. . . .

@J-Pop 9 ай бұрын

no lo vean volaos

@sherriff_shlb 2 жыл бұрын

what

@jijleknomel2356 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me very angry for some reason

@bbuchz_ 3 жыл бұрын

Que estafa de video

@suttie1891 2 жыл бұрын

Just popping in to say, I don't have that account anymore, but stumbled upon this, having forgotten about it. The video clip is something I found online, but I wrote the four interlocking musical parts. Anyone who wants to is very welcome to use the music if they would like to perform it. I can provide a score for each of the four parts, but seriously, if your musicians need a score for this, then don't give up the day job.