Re: "One Small Step for Man"

Joseph Pehrson wrote,

> so I will use the quartertone +/- system until I find something
"better."

If this can be done to a degree where the results meet various
composers alternate tuning styles and expectations, I can't see how
anything could possibly be "better"! My only reservation would be
whether other conductors/directors/presenters could get their cadres
of players to achieve the same or similar results with the same
notation. But with your close proximity to Johnny and the AFMM
"players," -- i.e., those specifically championing and realizing that
system -- I would think that the quartertone +/- system is the
absolute ideal way for you to go.

I'm psyched that to hear that your going to put up the whole "One
Small Step for Man" recording! Johnny's tone and articulation on that
excerpt are just so muscular and well-defined... awesome. BTW, I also
love Johnny's didjeridu trio with wonderfully colorful percussionist
Yoshiaki Ochi. I wonder what, if any, impact the European free-jazz
school had on JR's formative development as a composer and player?
(Though I suppose that's a question for him and not for you!)

ds

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But with your close proximity to Johnny and the AFMM
> "players," -- i.e., those specifically championing and realizing
that system -- I would think that the quartertone +/- system is the
> absolute ideal way for you to go.

Well, Johnny does make a good point that his players are ALREADY
using this system... so it is certainly a factor!

> I'm psyched that to hear that you're going to put up the whole "One
> Small Step for Man" recording! Johnny's tone and articulation on
that excerpt are just so muscular and well-defined...

Absolutely! Originally I thought of mp3.com as a kind of "sampler"
situation... with people only having a "limited attention span" on
the Web... but I've come to realize that the people who really are
interested are going to listen to entire pieces. Given the .mp3
format file size... it means that pieces up to about 20 minutes can
go on... and then, of course, each movement could be a separate file.
The "enhancements" are in the plan...

Thanks for the nice comments!
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Joseph Pehrson