working man's microtone's

Haverstick here...just played the annual Swallow Hill Teacher's concert...SH is the
music school I teach at, and the faculty is really composed of the best acoustic
musicians, from dulcimer to delta blues, in the region. I played 12 tone reggae,
country, and jazz on the gig, but also did a 34/oct acoustic guitar/tamboura duet for my
feature, and it seemed to go over just fine. Also, sitting around warming up before the
set, got several interesting comments about the guitar, one being that it made the guy
feel relaxed, the very sound of the notes, and I understand because 34 IS relaxed
because many of the intervals, esp the 3rds, are very close to pure intervals.

Point being, we are still making "microtonal music" a PART of the overall music
landscape in Denver, playing it, talking about it with a wide range of folks, and being
on the scene, so to speak...as always, a lot of people seem really intrigued by the
whole concept...also, one student pulled the frets off his guitar to begin learning the
pure intervals, and another is beginning to study well temperaments etc. It is little,
everyday things like that that encourage me. Also Larry Hanson, God bless em, is
financing the building of a 34 tone acoustic bass guitar...we will soon be able to do
combo stuff in 34...Hstick

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