Suita Zodiak: Komposisi Musik untuk String Kuartet dan Trio Woodwind

Ovan Bagus Jatmika

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Zodiak adalah rasi bintang di sepanjang garis ekliptika yang terdiri atas 12 bagian, yaitu Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, dan Pisces. Ke-12 zodiak tersebut memiliki karakter yang berbeda karena dibedakan oleh modus (cardinal, fixed, mutable) dan elemen (api, tanah, udara, air) yang menyusunnya. Fenomena ini, dalam konteks komposisi musik, merupakan hal-hal ekstra musikal. Hal-hal ekstra musikal inilah yang akan diangkat ke dalam komposisi musik programa dengan judul “Suita Zodiak”. Komposisi ini disusun dalam 12 gerakan dan disusun dalam 12 tonalitas yang berbeda. Masing-masing gerakan menggambarkan karakter 12 zodiak dari Aries hingga Pisces. Karakter dari ketiga modus yang menyusun zodiak ditransformasi ke musik melalui pembedaan tekstur, sedangkan karakter dari keempat elemen yang menyusun zodiak ditransformasi ke musik melalui pembedaan karakter melodi, suasana musikal, dan pembedaan tempo. Pemaknaan tentang karakter 12 zodiak kemudian dijadikan batasan dalam penciptaan “Suita Zodiak” bersifat arbitrer. Hal ini mengacu pada beberapa karya yang pernah diciptakan sebelumnya, yang sebagian besar menghubungkan karya musik dengan unsur ekstra musikalnya secara arbitrer. Karya ini digarap dalam format string kuartet dan trio woodwind dengan mengembangkan beberapa konsep melodi yang diambil dari thesaurus of scales and melodic pattern.

 

Zodiac Suite: Music Composition for String Quaertet and Trio Woodwind. Zodiac is the constellations along the ecliptic line consisting of 12 parts, namely Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The 12 zodiacs have different characters because they are distinguished by the mode (cardinal, fixed, mutable) and elements (fire, earth, air, water) that are arranged them. This phenomenon, in the context of musical composition, is extra-musical things. These extra-musical things will be lifted into musical composition program entitled “Suita Zodiak”. This music composition has been worked out in 12 movements and arranged in 12 different tones. Each movement describes the character of the 12 zodiacs from Aries to Pisces. The characters of the three modes setting up the zodiac will be transformed into music through texture distinction; meanwhile the characters of four elements that are creating the zodiac have been transformed into music through the distinction of the melodic character, musical atmosphere, as well as difference in tempo. The meaning of 12 zodiac characters are then used as constraints in the creation of the arbitrary Zodiac Suite. This refers to several masterpieces that had been previously created, most of which relate to musical masterpiece with arbitrary extra-musical element. This artistry has been created in the quartet string and trio woodwind format by developing several melody concepts that are taken from thesaurus of scales and melodic pattern.


Keywords


zodiak, Suita, musik programa, melodic pattern,

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24821/jousa.v3i1.1472

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