Microstock 2

Haverstick here...a few words about Microstock 2...the Catler Bros
played hard and innovative in their 49 tone just system...Jon Catler's
guitar playing is a great antidote for the mostly dated sounds of such
as John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, and the other fusionaires who
continue to rehash their better days...the jazz/rock scene which
spawned groups like Mahavishnu, Weather Report, and Return to Forever
is dead as a doornail with the 12 tone system...Catler is a real
innovator. The Haverstick boys did a diverse set of 19 qnd 34 tone
music, covering jazz, reggae, country satire, and out there rock/
fusion. A small (about 40) but hearty bunch of folks saw some killer
music, I'd say...the press certainly didn't cover it as well as last
year, but the Rocky Mt. News writer (Marc Shulgold, God bless him)
wrote a good piece on the Catlers. I'm already looking to next year...

John Chalmers mentioned the gig in El Paso...I will be playing 34
tone acoustic, and solo 19 tone space music...call Sonya Wayne
at 915-591-3105 for more info...

and boy, this list is sort of dull lately...too much polite math
talk...we need a good controversy to get things rolling...Hstick

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If one is writing music down prescriptively (e.g. for another musician to
play from), it is important that the player fully understand the tuning.

At some point reference must be made to cents (@ 1200 cents per octave).

Using straight forward quartersharp and quarterflat in addition to
traditional notation, and by indicating finer pitch differentiation by
numbers above noteheads. Only numbers from 1 up to 49 are necessary, and
they need a + or a - before them to show the direction to take.

String players quickly learn this by sight. Woodwind players must
develop fingerings anyway which they place even further above the
noteheads. Vocalists can navigate these basic deviations from a 12-tone
ET grid with assurance because there is always represented the "exact"
note in theory.

When working with microtonal scales in diversity, a notation that applies
to all notations makes great sense for its value. 1200 cents is surely
a fair threshold to the numbers necessary. Honestly, this is the fastest
notation to speed rehearsals.

Johnny Reinhard
American Festival of Microtonal Music
318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW
New York, New York 10021 USA
(212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495
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