Stirring the Lady

This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and a touch of tonehammer's Francesca sample set.

http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady-in-e-JI.mp3

The tuning used is a JI set of intervals in 12 / octave setting that came with Aria. I find it works pretty well even with some of the bluesy things I do. That was surprising to me.

Scored for upright bass, piano, clarinet, saxophone and female vocalizations and of course Norm's percussion track.

Here is the tuning I used

! ji_12.scl
!
Basic JI with 7-limit tritone
12
!
16/15
9/8
6/5
5/4
4/3
7/5
3/2
8/5
5/3
9/5
15/8
2/1

I of course reserve the option of revising this piece :-)

A comparison via simultaneous playing of 12 equal and JI versions is here:
http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady12JI.mp3

Chris wrote:
>This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion using
>Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and a touch
>of tonehammer's Francesca sample set.
>
>http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady-in-
>e-JI.mp3
>
>The tuning used is a JI set of intervals in 12 / octave setting that
>came with Aria. I find it works pretty well even with some of the
>bluesy things I do. That was surprising to me.
>
>Scored for upright bass, piano, clarinet, saxophone and female
>vocalizations and of course Norm's percussion track.

Good stuff. Love the collab. -C.

Thanks Carl for the listen and comment.

Out of curiosity did you listen to Bridgeport 2?

I'm curious because Stirring is obviously conservative for these parts while
Bridgeport 2 isn't.

Chris

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:

>
>
> Chris wrote:
> >This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion using
> >Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and a touch
> >of tonehammer's Francesca sample set.
> >
> >http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady-in-
> >e-JI.mp3
> >
> >The tuning used is a JI set of intervals in 12 / octave setting that
> >came with Aria. I find it works pretty well even with some of the
> >bluesy things I do. That was surprising to me.
> >
> >Scored for upright bass, piano, clarinet, saxophone and female
> >vocalizations and of course Norm's percussion track.
>
> Good stuff. Love the collab. -C.
>
>
>

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Chris wrote:
>Thanks Carl for the listen and comment.
>
>Out of curiosity did you listen to Bridgeport 2?

Which what in the who-now? -Carl

I thought you might have missed it - I sent a link + info off list.

Judging from your past comments there is a chance you'll like it.
It is decidedly xenharmonic.

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:

>
>
> Chris wrote:
> >Thanks Carl for the listen and comment.
> >
> >Out of curiosity did you listen to Bridgeport 2?
>
> Which what in the who-now? -Carl
>

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--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "christopherv" <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:

> Here is the tuning I used
>
> ! ji_12.scl
> !
> Basic JI with 7-limit tritone
> 12
> !
> 16/15
> 9/8
> 6/5
> 5/4
> 4/3
> 7/5
> 3/2
> 8/5
> 5/3
> 9/5
> 15/8
> 2/1

I don't know if you've been following the current discussion on tuning, but 7/5 is a septimal kleisma, 225/224, less than 45/32 which is how this note is tuned in the Ellis duodene. Tempering out 225/224 (marvel tempering) makes the two the same, and the same as a number of other scales, and turns it into a "marvelous dwarf", which has a complicated definition given here:

http://tonalsoft.com/gws/dwarf.htm

Choosing the nearest note in 72 equal is one way to do the tempering. It would be interesting to add that to your side-by-side comparisons.
>
> I of course reserve the option of revising this piece :-)
>
> A comparison via simultaneous playing of 12 equal and JI versions is here:
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady12JI.mp3
>

This is very good! Another fine addition to my library.

Did I mention that the audience here really liked your 17-et Jazz
piece for the 60x60 Chris?

Oz.

✩ ✩ ✩
www.ozanyarman.com

On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:05 PM, christopherv wrote:

> This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion
> using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and
> a touch of tonehammer's Francesca sample set.
>
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady-in-e-JI.mp3
>
> The tuning used is a JI set of intervals in 12 / octave setting that
> came with Aria. I find it works pretty well even with some of the > bluesy things I do. That was surprising to me.
>
> Scored for upright bass, piano, clarinet, saxophone and female
> vocalizations and of course Norm's percussion track.
>
> Here is the tuning I used
>
> ! ji_12.scl
> !
> Basic JI with 7-limit tritone
> 12
> !
> 16/15
> 9/8
> 6/5
> 5/4
> 4/3
> 7/5
> 3/2
> 8/5
> 5/3
> 9/5
> 15/8
> 2/1
>
> I of course reserve the option of revising this piece :-)
>
> A comparison via simultaneous playing of 12 equal and JI versions is
> here:
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady12JI.mp3
>
>

Hi Oz,

Thanks again for the comment and listen. The JABB sample set is really nice.
I'm glad you liked it!

I don't remember your comment about the 17ET jazz - nonetheless thank you
for the audience's comment!

Chris

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@...>wrote:

>
>
> This is very good! Another fine addition to my library.
>
> Did I mention that the audience here really liked your 17-et Jazz
> piece for the 60x60 Chris?
>
> Oz.
>
> ✩ ✩ ✩
> www.ozanyarman.com
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:05 PM, christopherv wrote:
>
> > This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion
> > using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and
> > a touch of tonehammer's Francesca sample set.
> >
> >
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady-in-e-JI.mp3
> >
> > The tuning used is a JI set of intervals in 12 / octave setting that
> > came with Aria. I find it works pretty well even with some of the
> > bluesy things I do. That was surprising to me.
> >
> > Scored for upright bass, piano, clarinet, saxophone and female
> > vocalizations and of course Norm's percussion track.
> >
> > Here is the tuning I used
> >
> > ! ji_12.scl
> > !
> > Basic JI with 7-limit tritone
> > 12
> > !
> > 16/15
> > 9/8
> > 6/5
> > 5/4
> > 4/3
> > 7/5
> > 3/2
> > 8/5
> > 5/3
> > 9/5
> > 15/8
> > 2/1
> >
> > I of course reserve the option of revising this piece :-)
> >
> > A comparison via simultaneous playing of 12 equal and JI versions is
> > here:
> >
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/just/JI/daily20100402-stirring-the-lady12JI.mp3
> >
> >
>
>
>

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