Dance of the Mermaids

Hi John

> They just wrote back and are going to use my Dance of the Mermaids. I
> wonder if it's their first microtonal piece?

Congratulations!

Have we heard it here on MMM? I don't remember hearing it.

Robert

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--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jacky_ligon" <jacky_ligon@y...> wrote:

> > Have we heard it here on MMM? I don't remember hearing it.
>
> I've heard it, and it rules. John is amazing!
>
> I rank him up there with the likes of Jaco, Percy Jones and Eberhard
> Weber, etc...

Careful... you can burn in hell for that kind of exaggeration ;)

> Mermaids is a breathtaking bass piece.

Thank you.

John Starrett

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Robert Walker" <robertwalker@n...> wrote:
> Hi John
>
> > They just wrote back and are going to use my Dance of the
Mermaids. I
> > wonder if it's their first microtonal piece?
>
> Congratulations!
>
> Have we heard it here on MMM? I don't remember hearing it.
>
> Robert

Hi Robert. I'm not sure if I notified the group when I posted it on my
page. It is here http://math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/listenra.html
but it is in Real Audio, so it is difficult to hear the harmonics very
well. Unfortunately, the bass harmonics do not fare much better under
mp3 encoding. I am posting the mp3 version to my Listen to Microtonal
mp3 section today.

The piece is played on a 6 string fretless with the strings tuned in
just 4/3s to each other. The harmonic scales are composed of the HS on
each string up to the 7th harmonic, offset by 4/3 from string to
string. I have no idea if this tuning has a name. Jaco was the first I
heard using harmonic scales this way, but I don't know how he tuned
his strings.

John Starrett

John Starrett

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jdstarrett" <jstarret@c...> wrote:

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> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Robert Walker" <robertwalker@n...>
wrote:
> > Hi John
> >
> > > They just wrote back and are going to use my Dance of the
> Mermaids. I
> > > wonder if it's their first microtonal piece?
> >
> > Congratulations!
> >
> > Have we heard it here on MMM? I don't remember hearing it.
> >
> > Robert
>
> Hi Robert. I'm not sure if I notified the group when I posted it on
my
> page. It is here http://math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/listenra.html
> but it is in Real Audio, so it is difficult to hear the harmonics
very
> well. Unfortunately, the bass harmonics do not fare much better
under
> mp3 encoding. I am posting the mp3 version to my Listen to
Microtonal
> mp3 section today.
>
> The piece is played on a 6 string fretless with the strings tuned
in
> just 4/3s to each other. The harmonic scales are composed of the HS
on
> each string up to the 7th harmonic, offset by 4/3 from string to
> string. I have no idea if this tuning has a name. Jaco was the
first I
> heard using harmonic scales this way, but I don't know how he tuned
> his strings.
>
> John Starrett
>

***This is quite nice. Maybe a little in the Jon Catler camp. I'd
never heard anything else in that "camp" before, but maybe I don't
get out much...

J. Pehrson