here is an idea that I have been pursuing. If anyone knows of any books that talks about such a thing or heard of pieces similar to the idea, please help because I am starting at a blank.

The idea:
Using instruments to mimic speach patterns and tones to literally make an instruments converse with one another.

If anyone has heard of something of this sort please help me find a starting point.

About the piece "Voices" - http://www.americancomposers.org/bermel.htm

Listen to Voices I - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=114243250

Free-form jazz style clarinet concerto. Brilliant piece. Some clarinet techniques Bremel uses are interesting; I read in another article (that I can't find) Bremel, who was the solo clarinetist in that recording, at several points disconnects the mouthpiece and plays it like a trumpet, buzzing the barrel like a mouthpiece. I've heard it done, but I never heard that done in a piece before.

that was actually really good. Its a bit different to what I was looking for but its in the ball park. I remember hearing one song performed on TV where they reinacted a romance scene between a guy and a girl with an erhu and a chinese trumpet but I forgot what it was called. the instruments were conversing, and quite literally, in that song.

An erhu conversing? I'd love to hear that. Erhus sound beautiful.

I'm sure you'll find more pieces with Google; I found several articles related to various mixtures of orchestral timbres that produce a sound similar to a human voice, and several college courses teach you how, but they're overtly in-depth and scientific. Confusing stuff.

I know in FL Studio you can use the Fruity Vocorder to mix the sound qualities of a voice with and instrument you choose. That way the voice has the sound quality of that instrument.

There's also that dude who plays guitar that can "make his guitar talk." :lol:

but that would no longer become performable unless I get a live sound enhancer on stage...surprisingly our university does have one...but I can't use that:heh: theres also alot of notational issues as I would need to hand in a score lol. Oh I heard of the guitar dude too:)

but that would no longer become performable unless I get a live sound enhancer on stage...surprisingly our university does have one...but I can't use that:heh: theres also alot of notational issues as I would need to hand in a score lol. Oh I heard of the guitar dude too:)

Photoshop can be a good compositional tool! That is, if you want to create a graphic score that is less conventional. Otherwise finale can be capable to use for create new notation that will have particular effects you want that are not the standards.

Whiles this idea I have heard it before, I thought you was after something more complex about phonetic imitations with the instruments. I find it hard to get something that is 100% accurate due the possible instrument limitations. And the human voice complexity. I thought if is done electronically will be easier to have control, because you can edit the wave sound. Otherwise acoustically there are many chances to get good effects like others have done it.

If you end doing your idea, do post it! Will be interesting to listen. :>

I will most likely have to post a youtube video of it being performed but it won't be until around april:P.