"Pseudo"-72-tet Improvisation

I recently performed what I call a "pseudo"-72-tet improvisation at my
senior recital. It's not quite 72-tet because I simply have two
keyboards hooked up via midi and tuned to the same patch and detuned
one of them. Sometimes I'd tune one a quarter tone flat and play in
24-tet, other times I'd tune a third of a semitone flat to get closer
to a pure 7:4, and sometimes I'd tune a sixth of a semitone flat to
get closer to a pure 5:4.

This doesn't really serve as a substitute for the 72-tet string
quartet I've been mentioning that I wanted to do on my recital
instead, but it wasn't done and I had to do something. Also, props to
anyone who knows the name of the song that I quoted in the middle.

Hope you enjoy!

http://rabbit.eng.miami.edu/students/mbattaglia/Oblique_Motion.m4a

-Mike

The piece is called "Oblique Motion", by the way.

-Mike

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...> wrote:
> I recently performed what I call a "pseudo"-72-tet improvisation at my
> senior recital. It's not quite 72-tet because I simply have two
> keyboards hooked up via midi and tuned to the same patch and detuned
> one of them. Sometimes I'd tune one a quarter tone flat and play in
> 24-tet, other times I'd tune a third of a semitone flat to get closer
> to a pure 7:4, and sometimes I'd tune a sixth of a semitone flat to
> get closer to a pure 5:4.
>
> This doesn't really serve as a substitute for the 72-tet string
> quartet I've been mentioning that I wanted to do on my recital
> instead, but it wasn't done and I had to do something. Also, props to
> anyone who knows the name of the song that I quoted in the middle.
>
> Hope you enjoy!
>
> http://rabbit.eng.miami.edu/students/mbattaglia/Oblique_Motion.m4a
>
> -Mike
>

Saw your recital photos and was going to ask about the quartet.
This is a pleasant enough proxy though. The levels in this file
are too low -- consider normalizing. Sounds like Eleanor Rigby.
Still hoping you finish the quartet.

-Carl

Mike wrote:
>I recently performed what I call a "pseudo"-72-tet improvisation at my
>senior recital. It's not quite 72-tet because I simply have two
>keyboards hooked up via midi and tuned to the same patch and detuned
>one of them. Sometimes I'd tune one a quarter tone flat and play in
>24-tet, other times I'd tune a third of a semitone flat to get closer
>to a pure 7:4, and sometimes I'd tune a sixth of a semitone flat to
>get closer to a pure 5:4.
>
>This doesn't really serve as a substitute for the 72-tet string
>quartet I've been mentioning that I wanted to do on my recital
>instead, but it wasn't done and I had to do something. Also, props to
>anyone who knows the name of the song that I quoted in the middle.
>
>Hope you enjoy!
>
>http://rabbit.eng.miami.edu/students/mbattaglia/Oblique_Motion.m4a
>
>-Mike
>