Category: Instrumentals

Instrumentals written by Andrew Charman-Williams and performed by either Andrew Charman-Williams or Spiral Net.

  • Morning Light

    Morning Light is an instrumental for high G ukulele.

  • Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs)

    Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs) is an instrumental study for high G ukulele.

    Notation

  • Droplets

    Droplets is an instrumental tune for high G ukulele.

    Notation

  • Banjo Hornpipe

    A tune by me without a proper name at the moment on tenor banjo with fretless nylon banjo and acoustic bass accompaniment. A few wrong notes but maybe if I ever record it again I’ll get them right. It’s a three two tune which were often called hornpipes (or triple hornpipes to distinguish them from other hornpipes in 4 or 2).

  • The Merry Conclusion | Camberwell

    This instrumental by Spiral Net is based on a couple of 3/2 tunes from Dancing Master volume 2 from around 1710-1718 called The Merry Conclusion (or The Assembly) and Camberwell. These are not treated in a traditional manner but as melodies for electronic music.

  • Almost Spring

    Almost Spring is an acoustic instrumental for mandolin and Irish bouzouki by Andrew Charman-Williams.

  • Floating Downstream

    Floating Downstream is a partly acoustic, laid back instrumental by Andrew Charman-Williams.

  • Hamlel

    Hamlel is a partly acoustic instrumental for Irish bouzouki and accordion by Andrew Charman-Williams.

    Even though this is the version with revised audio there are still some audio issues so I will think about re-recording it at some point.

  • Lazy Sunday Arvo

    Lazy Sunday Arvo is a mainly acoustic instrumental by Andrew Charman-Williams.

  • Limits in the Key of 50Hz

    (Industrial Decay)

    Limits in the Key of 50 Hz (Industrial Decay) by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) is a piece composed with certain guidelines in place. It takes influences from ambient, downtempo, minimalism and other styles and has elements of an industrial feel to it. It is not in standard western equal temperament tuning but in a scale based on 50 Hz which is between G and Ab and is the frequency of electricity in Australia.

    It was created from one single, fairly short sound sample with the additional limitations of the sample only being able to be modified by stretching, shrinking, reversing or trimming the sample and by the use of EQ. The sounds are tuned to a harmonic series based on a 50Hz fundamental with all harmonic series notes up to 1600 Hz. Following on from those limits means no synthesizer or other sound source was used with it just being direct manipulation of the sound sample.