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The composition process of magnetic (2011) started with a simple question: how could I "transpose" the _sound_ of, say, a very low minor third three octaves higher? Simply playing the same interval three octaves higher sounds so very different, yet I could somehow vaguely imagine the somewhat electronic-sounding result in my head. After spending quite a lot of time tinkering with noise, timbre, phonetics, extended techniques and all that, I felt it was high time to go similary more ear-specific with pitch. To quote one of my favourite mottos (Debussy, I'm told): in order to create something new, take what's the most obvious, and change that.So I came up with a theory. Not surprisingly maintaining the interval character meant making the intervals smaller going up, and vice versa—just like in the acoustical overtone series. Also not so surprisingly I needed specific microintervals: for the first time in my music up to 1/8-tones.Then the piece itself, right? As the material was much more fine-tuned to our senses than for example in pitch-class set theory (which I've never trusted enough to use in my music), I also tried to make the piece more akin to the sense of discovery I myself was making than a "novel about something else" in this new landscape. In other words, I wanted to leave enough time for the listener to grasp the new "transpositions", to pave his/her way though the material carefully. In this, the relatively short time available for composing the piece I believe to have actually been of advantage, keeping me closer to the freshness of a first listen.The work magnetic (2011) for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello was commissioned by Estonian Music Days 2011 for the Finnish Uusinta Chamber Ensemble, to be premiered March 24, 2011 in my shared portrait concert with Estonian composer Helena Tulve.© 2011 Jarkko Hartikainen

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin