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I have sometimes wondered if a poet or lyricist could use the maps of how consonants and vowels are laid out to compose under some constraints, so that the soun
by pohl 3y ago
I have sometimes wondered if a poet or lyricist could use the maps of how consonants and vowels are laid out to compose under some constraints, so that the sounds danced around the mouth in some deliberate way, and what that might sound like.
- resters 3y agoGPT-4 could probably do a pretty decent job of this.
- Jeff_Brown 3y agoSeems completely feasible. Somewhat related: In the 30s Gilbert Adair wrote a novel in French without using the letter e. It was translated under the same constraint into English, in which it's called A Void. He was part of a group of artists who reveled in putting strange constraints on their work. They have a name but I can't remember what.
- ucarion 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo
- bl0b 3y agoSort of related, here are a couple rap songs that I like which self-impose similar constraints: Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxmmGToZlns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxmmGToZlns Nach - Efectos Vocales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTbm-NvLII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTbm-NvLII