Pehrson "Consonantics" online

Sorry I've been a bit behind in my list reading, but one of the
things I was doing was finishing up my "Consonantics" for two cellos
in the 21-note "Blackjack" scale.

This piece is written for the cellist duo from the Ukraine, Vadim and
Olga Larchikov. They actually *welcome* microtonal music, which is
exceptional for string players... :) and specifically *asked* for a
microtonal piece.

This is the duo that performed last year on Johnny Reinhard's AFMM
series.

I've posted this piece up on my "Tuning Lab" site, rather than my
composition site on SoundClick since it really is just a MIDI demo.

I note there has been a lot of discussion on MakeMicroMusic recently
about making wonderful demos for performers. However, I really don't
think it makes all that much difference to them, based upon my
experiences. They really just want to go and play the piece
themselves, so they're only listening to get an idea of it...

So, if you're demanding wonderful cello sounds, you won't hear them,
since is still my old MIDI system with TX81Zs. I'm hoping to upgrade
to a software synth and soundfonts fairly soon, but, in the meantime,
this is a usable demo. Oh... there are no *dynamics* in it, either,
but who needs them, anyway... :) The "Blackjack" pitches are pretty
accurate, though, with the tuning-table-based synths; I think moreso
than with pitch bend approaches...

Anyway, here is the piece:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/tuninglabmusic.htm

I'm happy to hear any criticism, the good, bad or ugly.

Thanks!

Joseph Pehrson

P.S. I would urge any posters here to check out MakeMicroMusic. Of
late it's been *very* active, with lots of posting and discussion of
new microtonal work:

/makemicromusic/