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Modes of Motion

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MOTION

Four Years Later · November 3, 2026

Four years ago, I released Modes of Motion, a five-movement work exploring the hidden sonic possibilities of the guitar through multiphonics, harmonics, and electronic processing.

All the sounds originate from the guitar, but they lead somewhere unexpected: shifting resonances, unusual harmonies, evolving textures, and musical gestures that seem to bend our perception of time.

Looking back, I find an interesting connection between this work and my more recent historical projects.

In IN SEARCH OF…, I explore the hidden history of the guitar — forgotten music, overlooked relationships, and discoveries waiting to be brought back into the light.

In Modes of Motion, I explore the hidden possibilities of the instrument itself.

One is a search through time. The other is a search through sound.

Both are about listening beyond the obvious and discovering what has been there all along.

This is avant-garde music. This is deep ambient listening. You might like it. :)

Music composed and performed by Ted Mann

Released November 3, 2022.

Ted Mann

Ted Mann is a widely acclaimed multi- instrumentalist and award winning composer from New Hampshire. He has been on the music faculty at Keene State College in New Hampshire for many years. As an instrumentalist he performs on the classical, electric, baroque and romantic guitars as well as the lute. As a composer he works in many genres and is commissioned regularly for chamber and electro-acoustic music. See more at www.tedmann.net and www.facebook.com/TedMannNH.

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