Re: For Paul Erlich and Dave Keenan: Blackjack_Modalessence

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., jacky_ligon@y... wrote:
> Hello Paul and Dave!
>
> I've uploaded the piece again for you. I wrote these two pieces,
> because I promised Dave I would write something with your tuning
> months ago.
>
> Intervention from the Cosmic Joker of Technology has allot to do
with
> why it has taken so long. He visits my studio often!
>
> Your thoughts would be most welcome.

How did you get that full major scale (sounding musically very
beautiful, I might add) in the beginning of the piece? Blackjack
doesn't have anything like a major scale in it. Did you "cheat"?

P.S. Lovin' the melodies in the later parts of the piece!

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., jacky_ligon@y... wrote:
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Paul Erlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> > How did you get that full major scale (sounding musically very
> > beautiful, I might add) in the beginning of the piece? Blackjack
> > doesn't have anything like a major scale in it. Did you "cheat"?
>
> Paul,
>
> Hello!
>
> The subset I used for the first segment was:
>
> 0
> 3
> 6
> 9
> 12
> 15
> 18
> 21
>
> It may have just been the voicings that made it sound major. Kind
of
> surprised me too, in that this has neutral thirds!

Jacky, I have an excellent ear, am intimately familiar with the
Mohajira scale you're referring to, and I'm absolutely certain there
were no neutral thirds in the beginning section of that piece. You
must have done something wrong (not musically speaking of course,
just in terms of implementing the tuning).

Jacky,

Paul and I are honored to have such a beautiful piece of music
dedicated to us, no matter what tuning it is in. I must admit I like
this second piece far more than the first, but that's just me.

This is my first post to this list, and will be my last for some time.
I need to get the rest of my life in order.

Regards,
-- Dave Keenan

> This is my first post to this list, and will be my last for some
time.
> I need to get the rest of my life in order.
>

YOu and most of the planet. With Pluto having gone direct recently,
and Mars about to enter Capricorn, astrology provides metaphors in
consciousness for deep transformational cleansing and change. Thats
another way of saying "the S--- has hit the fan big time anywhere you
haven't been paying attention".

From a right brain fan of yours,
Mary