Four Quarters

Hey Kris,

Funny stuff here! What a crackup this piece is.
Is this the first we've heard of your work?

Keep it coming; would love to hear some recent works
too if at all possible.

- Jeff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
> Funny stuff here! What a crackup this piece is.
> Is this the first we've heard of your work?

Hi Jeff-
Are you using "royal We"? :) Actually I did post a couple of sound
files sometime last fall. I could post em again soon if you missed
them -- let me know. One was a silly little guitar thing in 11ET.
The other was a clip from a group improvisational piece performed in
Dec 2000. I have a few more clips from that performance but before I
go posting those on the internet I should make sure the other
performers are ok with that.

The reactions to "Four Quarters" are amusing. I hadn't really
thought about it, but I suppose it is kinda warped. I started just
playing little patterns wherever there was a 36/35 quarter-tone on my
JI fretboard and (sort of) worked out a sketch around it. Listening
back to it I realize that hammering on those small intervals (rather
than picking each note) just gives it a wavering, bending sound rather
than clear distinct notes. But I guess that's ok.

> Keep it coming; would love to hear some recent works
> too if at all possible.

The 11ET thing was the most recent thing to wind up on tape. I just
recently got the guitars out again after having to store them away
for a few weeks... long story. I've been noodling a little bit but
not "working" on anything. I could just let the tape run while
improvising out of the blue, but that's not necessarily what I like
to share in public. Generally the more recent it is, the more clumsy
it will be...

I'm also tempted to put up a couple of pre-microtonal items--
possibly in the metatuning folder?-- just for fun. Actually there's
enough sliding around between notes to possibly justify a microtonal
label.
kp