RE: [tuning] Digest Number 3467

Dave, Danny, Rich, Max and other KC enthusiasts,

With my university scholarship money, some of my first
"avant-garde" music purchases were King Crimson's first
two albums. I got them as non-commercial imports from
a guy who seemed to know what was worthwhile, and they've
remained firm favourites ever since - going on 40 years!
I still go around singing -
"The wall on which the prophets wrote
is cracking at the seams ...
...
Confusion will be my epitaph,
As I crawl a cracked and broken path ..."
from time to time (particularly after reading another
digest on tuning-math! ... :-) ) Great lyrics that stick in
the mind, and perfectly set.

Unfortunately, my supplier moved away, and so I never
did get to hear anything later by KC. But all this
discussion of "Lark's Tongues in Aspic" and "Beat" tells
me I'd better start looking again ... More Fripp! :-)

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As to playing 12-et on a fretless - every classical string
player - eg violinists, cellists - is pretty good at it!
I've also had fun trying to play my pi-pa, held in guitar
position, finger-style ...

Regards,
Yahya

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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:44:57 -0400
From: Dave Seidel
Subject: Re: Re: King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic

Belew plays some fretless on the album Beat, I believe (e.g., the tune
Heartbeat).

A fretless commercially-made guitar that I've tried that I'd love to own
is the Godin Glissentar (11 nylon strings, all doubled except for the
lowest string).

- Dave

David Beardsley wrote:
> Yep. I know Belew had a fretless in the '80's but I don't remember
> what he used it for.
>
> One thing about fretless...I showed mine to a few guys that
> I work with that are hot sh*t guitar players. They could play 12tet
> very well in it!
>

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