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> From: "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@...>
> und Jacky Ligon
>Subject: chris bailey? three thumbs up!

Thanks X. (?) and Jacky!

>And it's not as consonant as before -- maybe Chris has
>.managed to fool the system, to prevent it from tracking
>.his every harmonic move. Perhaps the excitement I hear
>is the conflict between Chris trying to escape the evil
>consonance while John resolutely pursues him,
>desperately trying to make everything smooth! If so,
>maybe Chris isn't using the tool for what it was
>intended but none of that matters. All that matters is
>that the music is funny and fresh and interesting and a
>real delight! Chris, you took on a difficult challenge,
>one I woud have said was impossible, but you have
>succeeded fabulously!

Actually, John did two re-tunings before this one, that were more
melodically smooth. The one I posted was 7-limit, but he had done some
5-limit versions as well. These were very smooth, they were
nice, but kind of boring from my point of view. . . I wanted something
that really "xenharmonicized" my piece. So he adjusted the melodic
"springs" such that horizontally there were nasty little wolfs
and tweaks and what-not in the lines, but vertically, we were getting much
more of those oh-so-yummy crunchy 7th-chords. Somehow, when you're
getting those oh-so-yummy crunchy 7th-chords, the "nastiness" in the
melodies seems pretty oh-so-yummy as well.

But then again, I'm a kook.

Anyway, thanks to John! Cool software!

C Bailey

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