Aqua Vitalis obra para bandola andina y guitarra acústica. Exploración sonora de los instrumentos acústicos mediante recursos tecnológicos y diálogo con paisajes sonoros

Abstract

For this degree project, a work was composed for Andean bandola, acoustic guitar, fixed media, and live electronics, titled Aqua Vitalis. The purpose was to explore the sound qualities that these instruments can produce, incorporating technological elements such as multi-effects pedals, sequences, and soundscapes. Fieldwork was conducted to record the aquatic body of the Laguna de Colorados in the municipality of Sibaté. The sound of this work is generated from the timbre of the instruments themselves, the multi-effects pedals applied to them, and their interaction with the soundscape. We decided that the dialogue among the previously described elements should be free and adaptable, molding itself with each advancement and discovery made during the exploration. In doing so, we also honor a characteristic of water: its ability to take any form, that of the vessel containing it. We want to dedicate the work Aqua Vitalis to water itself, to its shapes, its strength, its vitality, its malleability, and to the flexible and infinite essence of it.